Thompson Center Cherokee Muzzleloader ...

I found a T/C cherokee, in 32 caliber, for sale today, at such a good price, I couldn't resist the temptation. It is a cute rifle, good for having fun with.

I thought this rifle would make a good TREE RAT shooter ...

The rifle is as new, and never has been fired.

I have sent to T/C for a manual.

While waiting for the manual, can anybody tell me the ball size used most often, in a rifle like this?

Bill

 

[Pittsburghunter]

Hornaday .310 with a pillow ticking patch. You can get .315 balls and use a thinner patch.

20-35g 3F blackpowder have fun :thumbsup:

 

Hornaday .310 with a pillow ticking patch. You can get .315 balls and use a thinner patch.

20-35g 3F blackpowder have fun :thumbsup:

PBH, Thank you for the reply. I will try that this weekend.

Bill

 

[Pittsburghunter]

Just a note before you run off to shoot the gun you will need a ball starter and jag small enough for the .32 barrel. I also would make sure I had a worm to retrieve lost patches and a ball puller as well.

A ball puller you will not need unless something goes wrong but you need the other tools just to safely shoot the rifle.

Good luck have fun!!

 

Just a note before you run off to shoot the gun you will need a ball starter and jag small enough for the .32 barrel. I also would make sure I had a worm to retrieve lost patches and a ball puller as well.

A ball puller you will not need unless something goes wrong but you need the other tools just to safely shoot the rifle.

Good luck have fun!!

Thanks again, however, I came home with everything I needed for the 32, except for a better ramrod. I don't like using the original. I have composite ramrods for all of my other muzzleloaders ...

Bill

 

[Pittsburghunter]

Your doing all right for only having 9 post must be a long time shooter? I look forward to you being around to help out people with your knowledge. I just got my .32 a few weeks ago and love it even though it is just a little Traditions Crockett.

They are fun as heck to shoot and your powder flask stays full for a long time when you are shooting.

 

[walruskid1]

pbh - was out today shooting my zouave. i've been thinking of trading it in on a .32 because it will be MUCH cheaper to shoot. i really don't need a portable cannon. i am much more interested in pinpoint accuracy.

 

Your doing all right for only having 9 post must be a long time shooter? I look forward to you being around to help out people with your knowledge. I just got my .32 a few weeks ago and love it even though it is just a little Traditions Crockett.

They are fun as heck to shoot and your powder flask stays full for a long time when you are shooting.

I have been a gunowner for over sixty years. I got my first muzzleloader in 1975, which was a T/C 45 caliber Hawken. Then I got a T/C 50 caliber Hawken and shot those for years.

A custom Hawken, in 54 caliber, found it's way into my gunsafe, shortly there after. A few years later a knuckle head offered me three times what I paid for it, and it went bye-bye. That wasn't the smartest thing I ever did.

Finally, after reading a lot of forums, I got myself a Lyman, Flint lock, Great Plains Rifle, in 54 Caliber. It seems like the flinter clicked with me, and I can't get enough of it. So, now some where, in the not to distant future, a Longrifle will come home with me. I know where there is a custom gun in 50 caliber, with a decent price tag attached to it.

I am always willing to help people, though I really don't know how much of an expert I am. However, I have, taken several deer with the 45 T/C, and one Elk with the 50. The Lyman GPR hasn't been blooded yet ... But, that is coming. I'm originally from Montana, with a lot of friends still there, sooo, good hunting is pretty easy for me to find.

While muzzleloader hunting, everything I have hunted, from big game, to varmints, has been taken with patched round ball.

I have never dressed (costumed?) or developed a persona as many people have. I have never been into play acting, or doing the costuming thingy. I maybe a little too self conscious, or old to start. If Levis, a Levis jacket and boots don't do it for some people, well I will have to go it alone. Just the rowdy old dog and I!

The dog doesn't STITCH COUNT or criticize me ... As long as he gets his food, he's content.

The muzzleloading in the Los Angeles area, is pretty much hit and miss. In the seventies it was booming, but the Cowboy shooting seems to have just about taken everything over.

Bill

 

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WOW.....You found a GEM !
dont forget to make sure it is not loded befor ya load it for the first time.....a double load would be a disaster.
you are gonna love the small caliber...I have a Crockett .32 and would not let it go fer any $$$

*** WV SCROUNGER ***

 

[ryoung14]

You are SOOOOO LUCKY, Stillwater, to have found that thing. Smallbores rock and the Cherokee is one of the best. They were all made before the fire, when TC had some really pretty wood on hand. Wish TC would get them back into their lineup.

Be extra gentle removing and replacing the barrel in the stock the first few times until you get the feel of it. The stock is small and fragile through the wrist area and easy to crack. Mine was cracked when I bought it.

10 to 15 Gr. of Pyrodex P is all I use. Gives .22 RF ballistics.
Bob

 

[Deadeye]

Nice gun, I have one just like it and I use a 1/4" brass ramrod. If you can't find one, John at Oct. country will make you one, threaded on both ends, whatever length you want for about $15. :thumbsup:

 

[rudy parnell]

I'll be the guy in the overhauls and clodbusters standing under the shade tree watching. I am sure I'll enjoy the fellars in the "period" and I'm sure they won't mind one bit. I wish I had one of them small rifles and will surely be trying to find one after reading all the comments from everyone. Please tell us about your first days shooting and hunting with the new rifle. Adios!

 

[wilded]

The Cherokee has a fast twist barrel and does very well with 10-20 grains of 3F. I also use #1 buck and # 0 buck for cheaper shooting. The #0 has to be pounded in with a short starter. For hunting and plinking the #1 buck is plenty accurate. If you run across a .36 barrel please let me know. I sold my .36 Seneca and have regretted it ever since.