tc cherokee

[ossabaw]

I have a 45 cal percussion Cherokee that I bought new when they were being closed out. Mine has a single trigger. Several people at ranges have seen it and commented that they had never seen one without set triggers. Any ideas on this. Thanks

 

[410-er]

My 32 Cherokee is a single trigger.I'm looking for a double trigger to add to the collection. :grin:

 

[hanshi]

Wonder why they quit making them in the first place? They were cute!

 

[Finnwolf]

The way I heard it, a factory fire burned up all the equipment that they used to make the cherokee and the seneca.

I tend to believe it was the 1st in a long line of decisions to move away from traditional muzzleloaders and more toward the other kind of muzzleloaders that T/C specializes in

 

[ohio ramrod]

The biggest mistake I ever made in muzzleloading was letting a friend talk me into selling the Cherokee that I had for my youngest boy to him for his daughter. It was a great little gun, and his daughter shot it for about a year and then quit shooting.But he won't sell the gun back to me for my grandson. Lesson learned, once you have a good gun keep it!

 

[AJFedak]

I have been looking for another barrel for mine.I want to convert the barrel to a smooth bore something in the range of a .410 for brush hunting bunnies.

 

[hanshi]

You're probably right about that. A shame.

 

[MikeC]

The way I heard it, a factory fire burned up all the equipment that they used to make the cherokee and the seneca.

I tend to believe it was the 1st in a long line of decisions to move away from traditional muzzleloaders and more toward the other kind of muzzleloaders that T/C specializes in

No your wrong. It was a fire that destroyed a section of the factory where they made the Cherokee, Seneca and left handed rifles, they also lost all of there records from the previous years.

 

[bubba15301]

if its a single trigger would it be a seneca instead of a cherokee?

 

[MikeChapin]

I have seen Cherokees with both. Early on they had a single trigger. Later they put on a double set trigger. Roundball would probably know about this more than I would

I have never seen a Seneca with a single trigger. My wife's and all the others I have seen have a double set trigger.

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

Yep. All Senecas had set triggers.

 

[Shootn]

I remember seeing a .45 Cherokee with a single-trigger. My .32 Cherokee has set-triggers.

 

[Rat Trapper]

My 32 cherokee has a single trigger.

 

[Walks Alone]

There is a lot of conflicting misinformation floating around here, so let's set the record straight with some facts about these two product lines that can be backed up with published proof.

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The Cherokee's were offered in 32 and 45 percussion. In 1987 only they also offered a 36 percussion Cherokee as either a factory assembled or kit rifle. The first Cherokee's were a double set trigger model and then they became a single trigger model in 1988. Kits and extra barrels were catalog items until 1990. The Cherokee line was discontinued completely in 1991.

The Seneca line (since it was mentioned too) was discontinued in 1986.
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So while it is true that the factory fire did destroy tooling, their stock facility and old production records (and so the ability to bring these models back without retooling for them), the fire obviously was NOT the reason for the Cherokee or Seneca lines being discontinued. The fire, which was on 3/27/97, was years after both lines had already been dropped from production by TC.

WA