Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Muzzleloaders T/C Triumph Bone Collector discontinued?

The bone collector page on T/Cs web site is blank and only accessible via Google search. It is not on the main T/C website under the muzzleloader menu.
Did they stop making them?

Thompson Center itself has been discontinued. They exist now in name only. They no longer produce anything and last I heard Smith and Wesson, who owns the T/C name, was selling off the name, having already turned the T/C factory into a production location for other S&W guns.

Unless someone buys the T/C name and starts making gun, it's kaput permanently.

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TC firearms have not been made since Covid hit in 2020.

Damn i have been looking for one for my son

I wouldn't recommend a Bone Collector, or any ML with a false muzzle. Doesn't mean that some dont shot ok. My limited experience has been less than stellar, basically they make it so you cant inspect the crown... and the crown is a wee bit important.

Reeds Sports on Gungroker has several T/C muzzle loaders available.

https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?Sort=13&IncludeSellers=659677&PageSize=25

I have cut the QLA off of a bunch of tc barrels and all of them have shot better without it. I have a regular triumph and a bonecollector that have been cut to 21” barrels, both shoot great

My understanding TC is out of business..

My hunting partner and i both have one, mine shoots ok, his was awful. We cut the QLA off and that helps, considering doing mine as well. Just have to redrill the front sight.
Sounds like you had good success removing the QLA, apparently if they are not perfectly concentric the exiting gas throws the bullet off.

Unfortunately S&W shut down the entire T/C brand. I believe the rights to the sidelock muzzleloaders were sold, but as far as I know, none of the T/C guns are being produced. Haven’t heard any plans to resume production 🙁

I had a Triumph from their very first shipment of the model.
Couldn't get the thing to shoot to save my behind - 10-12" groups were the norm.

A few members here suggested a bad QLA and that's exactly what TC told me when they got it back.
TC sent me a new ML and this one has been wonderfully accurate.

If I were on the lookout for one today, I'd not a pay a premium for it on the used market. The only recourse one has today for subpar accuracy is to cut off the QLA (versus sending it to TC) for an exchange.