TC Scout Blow Back???

[Colorado_Ryan]

I was out shooting a new scout ( new to me it’s a used gun) and on the second shot I had burnt powder blown back into my face. Luckily I was where sunglasses. It severely burned my check under my eye.

I am taking the gun to a gun smith today but any thoughts on what might have happened or be wrong with the gun??

I was shooting a light load 75 grains of ffg and a 350 grain conical with standard caps.

 

[roundball]

I was out shooting a new scout ( new to me it’s a used gun) and on the second shot I had burnt powder blown back into my face. Luckily I was where sunglasses. It severely burned my check under my eye.

I am taking the gun to a gun smith today but any thoughts on what might have happened or be wrong with the gun??

I was shooting a light load 75 grains of ffg and a 350 grain conical with standard caps.

It's a known problem on TC Scouts...if it can be fixed at all, TC is the one who can, and should, fix it and they won't charge you anything under the lifetime warranty...doesn't matter if you're the original owner or not...the product has the lifetime warranty regardless.

 

[Toomuch_36]

This is a common problem of the T/C Scout, CVA Blazer and other :cursing: inlines of similar design (with an exposed hammer). Usually what happens is the mainspring becomes week and the blow-back will re-cock the hammer.
As Roundball said this is something the manufacturer should cover under warrenty.

Toomuch
.........
Shoot Flint

 

[Pittsburghunter]

As a Scout owner I need to add that it is very important to keep the vents that are built into the nipples clear and the associated holes in the receiver clear. As you know because you have fired the rifle the hammer is only a few inches from your face so they built this venting system to make the blowback come out of the receiver in the little holes you see on the side.

If the thread is pulled because of the rifle being an inline contact me using private topics and I will give you more info on the rifles.

 

[Zonie]

Perhaps, because this is an in line this post should be pulled however because it also appears to be a safety issue, I'll let it stay for a while.

I will permit comments that are safety related however do not get into loads, powders, caps sights etc.

Thanks
Zonie

 

[bpbrs]

change the nipple..if the one on the rifle is old it may well be worn.

and always wear glasses as well as ear protection..

 

[Pittsburghunter]

BPB, always good advice to wear protection when shooting and the Scout is no exception.

The idea of getting a new nipple is well advised for this rifle as well as they are getting a little scarce as the model fades away from the sport and current owners have found ways to get long service life out of the ones they own.

For the current person here with the problem I would like to recomend a tool sold at Radio Shack which looks like a pen but has a bunch of micro sized drill bits in it's storage area and a tiny chuck where the point is. You can find a proper sized drill bit to clean out every hole in that nipple with a little experimenting. The tool will come in handy on other projects as well so it is worth the money they charge for it.

You may want to check that the cup on your hammer is free from debree as well this caused a few problems for me as well. Sometimes caps get stuck in there.

 

[CoyoteJoe]

Yep, I have a permanent tattoo under my right eye from one of those damn things, just a really stupid design. Even if all goes well you can expect misfires and hangfires since the cap is about two inches from the powder with a very tiny flash hole. I tore mine apart thinking that I may some day find a use for some of the parts but as yet, I can't imagine what use I could make of it. I'll certainly never fire it again as is. :cursing:

 

[pmwest]

I own and shoot the pistol version of this gun. I have not had any blow back problems with mine. Since you acquired this as a used gun, check the fire channel between the nipple and the breech. The hole should be only slightly larger than the port in the base of the nipple, assuming that the nipple has not been altered. Because of the design, any blow back should be ported to the side ports in the receiver not back at the shooter. This design was intended to shoot only real black powder. I verified this by loading mine with pyrodex in both granular form and pellets just so I could pull the charge because it didn’t fire. Make sure that a previous owner has not drilled out the nipple or breech channel in an attempt to increase the fire to the main charge. If this is the case do not try to shoot the gun without sending it to T/C for repair.