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Former Owner of T/C (Before S&W) has purchased Thompson Center and will be returning to the marketplace. No specifics yet. New is from "The Shooting Wire" gun industry newsletter.
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I walk around like I'm ok, but deep down inside, I wanna buy another gun.
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For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. 2 Corinthians 4:5
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Hopefully this will bring down the crazy town pricing on anything TC.
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Hopefully Ritz will bring T/C back to prominence;
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Hopefully they'll pull out of the Springfield, Mass "toilet" they moved into.
Sad part is that the original location in Rochester Nh is still an open lot.
I interviewed to be their Customer Service Manager just before S&W purchased the company and the tried to "strong arm" the NH Governor (Lynch at the time) for a tax break or else.
Lynch told S&W to "pound sand" and they shut the place down and never reopened the Custom Shop in their Massachusetts location.
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Rochester NH lot is now a large car dealer .
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Supposedly moving to Wabash, IN.
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Will be headquartered in Wabash, IN along with R&D and mfging. Some of my friends are part owner.
I like guns | optics | fishing
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Glad to hear that they are coming back, I've been a T/C fan for over 40 years. I only hope that the quality remains high!! Yahoo
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Would be nice to see factory contender rifles again
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JMO, but it seems that T/C never really found a niche in the market once people turned away from traditional muzzleloaders. Everything they made looked to be of good quality, but nothing ever sent me scurrying to find the checkbook. I hope they do well, but suspect they’ll have an uphill battle.
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I would like to see the wood stock icon rifles on the shelves!
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I would like to see the wood stock icon rifles on the shelves! +1 T/C Venture was a great shooting budget rifle as well. The only thing I didn't like was the bolt handle, it was just a bit too short for my tastes.
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I was big into the TC Contender in the 1980's and bought one for each of my sons as a first gun. I had almost all the 16" barrels at one time and was a member of the TCA where you could get special barrel offers. Just sold my last Contender a few weeks ago. I currently own 3 TC blackpowder guns. Glad to see them come back, but that ship has sailed for me and probably won't be a future customer.
Greg
NRA Life Member, 1990 Life Member, NYSRPA Life Member, Saugerties Fish and Game Club the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution (1791)
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JMO, but it seems that T/C never really found a niche in the market once people turned away from traditional muzzleloaders. Everything they made looked to be of good quality, but nothing ever sent me scurrying to find the checkbook. I hope they do well, but suspect they’ll have an uphill battle. Same here though the 22 semi-auto tempted me. I handled one a couple of weeks ago at a show and, again, was tempted.
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