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Basic Equipment For ShootingYour MuzzleloaderIn order to shoot your T/C muzzleloading rifle, the minimum accessoriesor equipment will be necessary.Do Not attempt to shoot your muzzleloading firearm until you have readthis manual in its entirety and understood it fully. FAILURE TO READAND FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN AN AC-CIDENTAL DISCHARGE, CAUSING INJURY AND/OR DEATH TOTHE SHOOTER OR BYSTANDERS AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Ifyou are unable to understand any or all of this material, call the customerService Department at Thompson/Center Arms at (603) 332-2333.1. Proper eye protection2. Proper ear protection3. Black Powder or an approved Black Powder substitute such asPyrodex, in the appropriate granulation for your particular firearm.4. Powder Measure.5. Projectiles: Appropriate for your firearm.6. #11 Percussion Caps, Musket Caps, 209 Shotgun Primers orT/C Flints (with proper priming powder) depending on the lock typeand/or nipple that your muzzleloader has.7. Patch worm for retrieving lost cleaning patches.8. Cleaning patches9. Jag for cleaning patches (one comes with each newT/C muzzleloader).10. An appropriate bore cleaner and lubricant.10
Black PowderAnd Pyrodex ®Make no mistake about it, Black Powder or an approved BlackPowder Substitute such as Pyrodex® are the only propellant powdersthat are safe to use in a muzzleloading firearm. Oh, you will hear, or possiblyread, advice to the contrary but don’t follow it for you will never hear suchadvice from a competent source.The reason for using a low yield powder such as Black Powder or Pyrodexis quite basic and it is related to firearm design. When used as a propellant,Black Powder or Pyrodex generates a relatively low breech pressure. Replicafirearms, even with their modern steel barrels, are not designed to withstandthe high pressures produced by a Smokeless Powder charge. Think about it fora minute and you will understand why. The ignition hole in a muzzleloadingfirearm is a direct port into the combustion chamber. This port is sealed onlyby the thin foil of a cap and weight of the hammer in the cap lock model. Inthe flint lock design this port is not sealed at all. The high pressure of a SmokelessPowder charge would destroy this ignition system and the gun itself.To avoid any misunderstanding on the part of the reader let us explain furtherwhy Smokeless Powder cannot be used in a muzzleloader in any quantity.People who become interested in muzzleloading tend to research and toseek out some of the early journals which describe loading implements, componentsand powders of yesterday. Reading these old books can be pleasurable.Never assume, however, that obsolete printed material has a safe applicationin today’s world.In the early days of the breech loader there were powders manufacturedwhich were called “Bulk Smokeless”. These powders were measured by the volumeand used interchangeably with Black Powder in early cartridge firearms.Even in their time these powders were never used in muzzleloading firearms.Early “Bulk Smokeless” powders are not available today and, even if theywere, their erratic performance (extreme variations in pressure) would notmeet current industry standards. By modern standards, such early bulk powderswere unsafe, even in the days of their use. The same type of misinformationexists concerning “duplex loads” or the mixing of Smokeless Powder withquantities of Black Powder. This practice was popular in the days of the earlybreech loaders. It was dangerous then and it is even more dangerous now formodern Smokeless Powders are far more complex in their composition.All presently available Smokeless Powders are designed for use withmetallic cartridges and shotshells in strong modern breech loading firearms.They should never be used in a muzzleloading firearm of any type.Some of these powders are “Black” in color making proper identification ex-11
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Page 15 and 16: Black Powder Chart ShowingAppropria
Page 17 and 18: Chart Showing VariousGrades Of PYRO
Page 19 and 20: Flint lock models do require slight
Page 21 and 22: than the cartridge case that is use
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Page 25 and 26: that antimony alloys have less a sh
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Page 29 and 30: Understanding The VariousRifle Trig
Page 31 and 32: Charging And PrimingThe Muzzleloadi
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Page 37 and 38: PrimingWHEN YOU ARE READY TO FIRE Y
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Page 43 and 44: into the touch hole. Then fill the
Page 45 and 46: T/C Muzzleloading ShotgunsThompson/
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Page 49 and 50: When charging your T/C Muzzleloadin
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Page 61 and 62: Cleaning YourT/C Muzzleloading Fire
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loading as it “seasons” the bor
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and out) or in keeping with the all
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Some models are equipped with a “
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Statement Of LiabilityThis gun is c
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.36 Caliber (128 grs.) A small game
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Suggested Black Powder LoadsFor Tho
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For Use With .45 Caliber Cherokee&
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Suggested Loads For All OtherThomps
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Suggested Loads Cont’d...For Use
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Suggested Loads Cont’d...For Use
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Assembly And Loading OfT/C Break-O-
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For Use With .54 CaliberT/C Muzzlel
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Suggested Black Powder LoadsFor T/C
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Representative BallisticsFor Black
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