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DAMN!

My first muzzleloading rifle was a Seneca .45. I went to the LGS wanting a Hawken but all they had was the Seneca. Sweet handling and accurate with a Maxiball over 70gr FFG, but even with that seemingly mild load, it did come back smartly. When T/C came out with the left handed New Englander I decided to get one and sell the Seneca. What an idiot!

I bought a used .45 Seneca a couple years ago. Mine shoots very well with either 65 grains of FFg and a .440 patched round ball or 70 grains of FFg with a 245 grain maxi ball. Could not find the maxis for sale so I bought a Lyman mold and some pure lead and learned to pan lube. I went up to book max in TC's manual, but these are the loads that shot best and they are good for what I bought it for. Thinking about selling it. Last June I moved. The new location is in a unit without a muzzleloader season so I've got a 60 mile round trip to the nearest ML hunting spot and over 100 round trip to a good spot.

Does anyone know if the 32 T/C is still available? I'm interested, but have no idea what the story is here.

Not sure why you shoot FFg in either a .32 or a .45 cal. Try FFFg and I am sure that you will see better ballistics and accuracy.
T/C Senecas are long gone from production but many still remain in gun safes.

i can confirm that the seneca is one of the most svelte, balanced ML’s ive ever handled. its remarkable, really.

Interesting theory but that is not how it worked out in my gun. I tried both and 2F shoots more accurately.

Tom