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Never shot a clam but I do like them steamed with different sauces and eaten right out of the shell. Just funnin' with you Nathan ..... Looking forward to your posts.
Ohio Rusty ><>
 
Thompson center arms 36 cal rodchester new hampshire serial number 22828 does any one a thing or 2 about it ? Year what it could be worth
welcome Nathan.
others have answered the questions, so i will just comment that without spell check on these machines, many of the snipes here would come across worse than a" mussle loader". me included.
that said, your TC in good shape is a valuable rifle. value being relative.
 
All of the serial number TC records for these guns were burned up in a plant fire so the age can't be nailed down very accurately, I saw one posting where people still had their original purchase receipt and had put together a time line for some of the serial numbers.

The earlier guns didn't have "black powder only" stamped on the barrel, these are called "pre warning guns". I think the warning was added in the mid 80s but I am not sure.

A few pictures of your rifle would help to determine its value, the condition of the inside of the barrel is the biggie, many of these guns were not cleaned properly and have bad bores.
 
Since this is a 36 caliber with the T/C Rochester barrel, the rifle is likely either a Seneca or Cherokee model. These often have a premium value over the T/C Hawken, Renegade or New Englander models.

We do need pictures to better identify the rifle.
 

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