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Being more active on the forum had me regretting that a sold my T/C .56 smoothbore a few years back. It was my first muzzleloader and I sold it because i had recently bought a left handed T/C renegade rifled .50 cal so I figured i didn't need it anymore.
Hearing about the postal shoots and round balls got me wishing it had never let it go (it shot great). So I started looking for one a couple of weeks ago. I saw a really nice one on one of the internet sites for $399 this past week but didn't really want to pay that much.
Turn back the clock about a month or two:
I'd been speaking to a friend in Massachusetts about selling or trading him a H&R Pardner pump 12 gauge which I won in a USSA firearms raffle. I was going to trade him for a few cases of hard cider. He heard me talking to someone about a Thompson Center muzzleloader and he says "i think i have one of those". Really" "Yes". What is it. "I think it's a 56 caliber SB" . Surprising because he's not a hunter but not really surprising as it's my understanding that these guns were made specifically for Massachusetts hunters when the black powder/muzzleloader regulations allowed for smooth bore only.
Well he brought it in yesterday and although not as nice as the one I sold, it's in very good condition. So we will make the deal. Straight up trade, I pay shipping and FFL transfer fee on my end.
I'd post a photo, but I'm sure you folks have all seen them before. Happy New Year to me. It's a righty obviously, not sure they made lefties buit i'll keep my eyes open ! Never really recall having problems shooting my original one which was a righty as well. I'll wear shooting glasses.
Hearing about the postal shoots and round balls got me wishing it had never let it go (it shot great). So I started looking for one a couple of weeks ago. I saw a really nice one on one of the internet sites for $399 this past week but didn't really want to pay that much.
Turn back the clock about a month or two:
I'd been speaking to a friend in Massachusetts about selling or trading him a H&R Pardner pump 12 gauge which I won in a USSA firearms raffle. I was going to trade him for a few cases of hard cider. He heard me talking to someone about a Thompson Center muzzleloader and he says "i think i have one of those". Really" "Yes". What is it. "I think it's a 56 caliber SB" . Surprising because he's not a hunter but not really surprising as it's my understanding that these guns were made specifically for Massachusetts hunters when the black powder/muzzleloader regulations allowed for smooth bore only.
Well he brought it in yesterday and although not as nice as the one I sold, it's in very good condition. So we will make the deal. Straight up trade, I pay shipping and FFL transfer fee on my end.
I'd post a photo, but I'm sure you folks have all seen them before. Happy New Year to me. It's a righty obviously, not sure they made lefties buit i'll keep my eyes open ! Never really recall having problems shooting my original one which was a righty as well. I'll wear shooting glasses.