No name T/C .36...

[TennesseeJed]

I just got back from the gunshow and I picked up a T/C .36 with no name on it for $175. It came with a couple of unopened boxes of balls and an old looking plastic container of Ox-Yoke patches. If it's been fired at all, it hasn't been shot much and the barrel is immaculate.

Looks like it's going to come a flood pretty shortly or I'd be in the field sending balls downrange.

 

[necchi]

I don't think TC offered a 36, so you probably have a Green Mountian drop-in made for TC.
Good find, :thumbsup:
Alot of guy's are lookin for those.

The only mark would be just ahead of the breech on the bottom flat a small GM in a square IIRC.

How High's the Water Mama?

 

[410-er]

Most common percussion TC 36 is the Seneca but some Cherokees show up.Measure across the flats.Is it 13/16?Seneca had brass patch box.Pics would help.

 

[runnin lead]

Seneca with 36 GM barrel ?

 

[sqqy14]

My T/C Seneca has no name on the barrel either, just Thompson Center CAL .45. The Seneca was also offered in .36 caliber. Both models came with a 27 inch long barrel and like 410er stated they were 13/16"across the flats.
Regards
Bob

 

[necchi]

:hmm: you guys are right, somehow I read "Hawkin" in the mix, my bad,,

 

[Pete44ru]

Yep - Both my .45 Pre-Seneca .45 Pre-Patriot have 13/16" barrels and no designation other than "Thompson - Center Arms Cal .45" on their barrels.

Seneca's have 27" bbls & brass patchbox, Cherokee's a shorter bbl & no patchbox, & Patriot's a 9" bbl - all with the 13/15" bbl ILO the Hawken's 15/16" bbl in calibers below .50

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[TennesseeJed]

The barrel is 27", it has a patchbox, and a different style of cheekpiece than the Hawken. I was thinking Seneca but there's no name on it, just T/C 36. It has the old style T/C sights on it as well, which I love.

 

[Walks Alone]

TC Seneca's do have 27" barrels - Cherokee's 24", so along with your description it sounds like a Seneca. The 36's for either are in the highest demand from what I've seen, and commonly bring a much higher price that what you paid.
Nice find. :thumbsup:


necchi - yeah, I have one of those TC Hawken no name 36 capper's. Barrel is unmarked though as far as maker. Muzzy Smith who built the rifle couldn't remember for sure but thought it was a GM. I wonder if it might be a Numerich Arms though.
:idunno:

WA

 

[CoyoteJoe]

Walks Alone, if your .36 were a Numrich barrel you'd probably know it. Numrich .36's were really .35's and required a .340-.345" ball.

 

[ohio ramrod]

Also their 45 s were 44 s. :hmm:

 

[majg1234]

very early SENECA rifles were not so marked they were marked thompson center arms 36 caliber/45 caliber,I've got one of these along with a 45 caliber,SENECAS' have a longer barrel than the CHEROKEE and a patch box,also the CHEROKEE doesn't have a forearm end cap,if the rifle has the longer barrel,patch box and a forearm end cap it is a SENECA

 

[Rat Trapper]

My TC Seneca just has TC and 36 caliber stamped on the barrel. Great find.

 

[sackettboys]

There was a thread on another site that indicated that early unmarked T/C model barrels (i.e. SENECA) were manufactured by Sharon & Douglas, those marked with model name made by T/C.
Those manf'd by Sharon & Douglas had a cross or spade stamp on the underside bottom of the barrel. Who knows?
I have a unmarked model .36 cal T/C Seneca serial# 24XX that has no marks anywhere other than Thompson Center .36 caliber, Rochester, N.Y. on the barrel.

 

[robert31352]

There are three calibers for the TC Cherokee and Seneca. The Cherokee has the 32, 36 and 45 with the 36 being the most difficult to find. The barrels are 24". The Seneca, likewise, has the same calibers with 32 being the most difficult to find. The barrels are 27". I have both rifles in all three calibers. They all shoot excelent. My favorite tree chicken rifle is my Seneca 32 with the TC peep sites for my bad eyes. Actually, I have peep sights on all six.

 

[arw22lr]

I think TC is from Rochester, New Hampshire?

 

[Pete Gaimari]

They were.

Now..Springfield Mass.