Thompson Center Scout?

[Protrucker]

I have a .54 caliber T/C Scout that I've never fired. I've heard that they discontinued production of this model because of unreliable ignition due to the long distance the flash has to travel to get to the powder charge. I talked to one guy that said he uses 777 with Powerbelt bullets, but I don't know if he uses the standard #11 caps or has converted to something else.


Can anyone give some input as to what's the best/most reliable way to load/shoot this gun?

 

[bigbore442001]

The TC Scout is a reliable gun. The reason it was discontinued was that they had a big fire at their factory and all of the equipment used to make the Scout and a couple of other models burned up. They made the decision not to tool up for it as it wasn't selling like they wanted it to do so.

What is nice about the Scout is that you can peer down the nipple hole and see daylight after each shot. Clear it out with a pick and you are all set.

It seems that the gun shoots sabots the best. Just my opinion.

 

[Protrucker]

I have no experience with anything but patched round balls in my side lock percussion & flintlock rifles. I usually end up using around 80 gr of FF Goex for a hunting load with FFFF in the pan on my flinters, but I'm looking for a good starting point with the Scout.

Which sabots?

How large of a bullet?

Do you use B/P or one of the substitutes?

Powder or pellets?

How many grains?

Standard #11 caps or something else?

 

[Wildfire]

More info.

Not sure about the scout . What twist barrel and how long is it? I tried to find this and could not. This will matter.
I assume this is an older gun and may not like mag, charges. Tripple 7 is hotter powder.

 

[Fandaks]

Goog-day Protrucker.
I sent you a private message.

Frank

 

[arcticap]

The TC Scout carbine has a 1 in 38 inch twist.

 

[Wildfire]

1 in 38'

A 1 in 38' Twist may not throw a round ball very well. 1 in 48' seems to be about the fastest twist that a round ball will get along with and maintain any real accuracy. You may find that it will toss the all lead conicals fine. With the right loads. As far as the nipple thing, keep it clean and it should not be a problem. I always prefer heavy lead rounds if they will shoot straight. But you may end up with a saboted load. The only info I could find concerning loading. Was 90 grains of 2f as a max load for that gun.Sounds about right to me. This was with conical or sabot rounds. I guess I'd start out at around 70 grains and see what happens. Good luck. Just don't know any one that has one. Other sources said 80 grains was a max load.