TC Scout Carbine

[BPJONES]

That's one fine looking rifle. I agree, they are very well built, nice little guns.

[54bore]

Here it is finished! Ready to get out and shoot it!

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[54bore]

If it dont pour the rain today i plan on shooting this rifle, gonna try the S&W 500 PP bullets, and the Buffalo arms 550 Grain PP Bullets, im thinking 70 Grains of 3F, or 80 Grains of 2F to start? I have both 2 and 3F in Swiss powder, also have a new can of Goex 3F. Hopefully i can get this little rifle to like a Paper Patched bullet? I sure like the feel of it! This new Williams Peep and front sight Globe setup nice. I also got the 54 Cal barrel yesterday, i was skeptical about buying it sight unseen (anything blackpowder) it turned out really good, i gave the barrel a thorough cleaning, patented breech detail and all, i dropped my bore light in and she's perfect! Nice bright rifling. I have to find an under rib and Scout thimbles for this 54 barrel. I can shoot it, just cant hold a ramrod in it.

[Harleysboss]

Nice looking piece you got there. Kindda looks like a Rolling Block. Its rained so much on this side I think I can swim upright just like a Duck!

[54bore]

Nice looking piece you got there. Kindda looks like a Rolling Block. Its rained so much on this side I think I can swim upright just like a Duck!

Its Pi$$in it down here right now, Our snow is almost gone down low here, stil a little bit in my back yard, and where it slid off the house. Be able to start shootin soon, im not gonna go stand in the rain though. I was hoping to get out and shoot this Scout today, but not gonna happen

[starmac]

I need to get out and work with mine some more.
There is a few things I really like about these scouts.
For one they are handier to carry on an atv than any of my other muzzle loaders.
For another I shoot left handed and they are well suited for that. I am not crazy about the look of most inlines, but can stand the look of these. lol

What number is that williams sight, I am thinking I am going to want one or three. lol

[OverMax]

Dandy big bodied deer. Lots of sausage on that one (pictured.) My congrats to >The Marksman. Well done young man.
Five Four Bore. How could you stray? That Scout is simply a inline in disguised. Here I assumed you were a true blue side lock feller.

[54bore]

Dandy big bodied deer. Lots of sausage on that one (pictured.) My congrats to >The Marksman. Well done young man.
Five Four Bore. How could you stray? That Scout is simply a inline in disguised. Here I assumed you were a true blue side lock feller.

I couldn't resist the little 30-30 feel, thats my story and I'm stickin to it! LOL

[54bore]

I need to get out and work with mine some more.
There is a few things I really like about these scouts.
For one they are handier to carry on an atv than any of my other muzzle loaders.
For another I shoot left handed and they are well suited for that. I am not crazy about the look of most inlines, but can stand the look of these. lol

What number is that williams sight, I am thinking I am going to want one or three. lol

starmac, it is the Williams FP-T/C Encore/Omega TK, The FP stands for 'Fail Proof' and The TK stands for 'Target Knobs' i also went with the side Gib Lock for the Elevator, without the Gib Lock you would need a little flat head screw driver to make elevation adjustments in the field, I personally think they ALL should come standard with the Gib, same for the TK (target knobs) without them you would need a little flat head screw driver. These Williams peeps are TOP NOTCH when set up right.

[Newtire]

Thanks for the help on the recoil pad info and sorry for the slow response. Actually, looking to put one on a Mowrey fast-twist .50 I bought a few years ago. The buttplate is pretty narrow and looks like it would make a good splitting maul if you had a piece of tough oak.

[54bore]

I found another old Scout in .54 Cal locally, gonna go take a look at it this Evening, if its in good shape i'll drag it home with me. This one is totally different, has a Crescent butt plate and called a 'Texas Scout' from what i gather they made very few of these, twist rate is suppose to be 1:38, here is what it looks like, minus the brass nose cap

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[Newtire]

Wow! Color case and part octagon. Nice looking. I wonder if you can fit different caliber barrelt into those receivers? Like a .54 into a .50 receiver?

[54bore]

Wow! Color case and part octagon. Nice looking. I wonder if you can fit different caliber barrelt into those receivers? Like a .54 into a .50 receiver?

Newtire, I didn't realize until you mentioned it that the picture i posted is half octagon/round, so i am wrong on that picture, the one i am going to look at does NOT have the half octagon barrel, it is round all the way and has the Crescent butt plate, the one i am looking at also appears to have a Case color to the Reciever, It appears TC made a few variances to the Scout, The Cody Scout is Octagon all the way 'i read somewhere that the barrels used for the Cody were cut down Renegade barrels and were 1:48 Twist?' Was hoping that someone here might shed more light on these things? I cant find much info, mostly what i have read is from other forum talk. The pictures i have of the actual gun are not that great but i will post them anyway

[54bore]

Here is a Cody Scout

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[54bore]

And here is the actual gun i am going to look at

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[johnson1942]

let us know the twist of it if you buy it as then we can figure out the perfect bullet length for pp it.

[54bore]

Wow! Color case and part octagon. Nice looking. I wonder if you can fit different caliber barrelt into those receivers? Like a .54 into a .50 receiver?

Yes you can, at least the new in the box .50 Carbine i just bought, i had also found a used .54 Barrel on Ebay that was missing the under rib, and thimbles, i gambled on it fitting, I tried the 54 barrel after i recieved it and it fits perfectly to the new .50 Scout. The recievers, trigger assembly i bet are all the same (except maybe the Octagon barrel Cody Scout?)

[54bore]

let us know the twist of it if you buy it as then we can figure out the perfect bullet length for pp it.

Will do Johnson1942, i am gonna take my range rod, a few patches, bore light, tools to take the gun apart. I will try and figure out twist rate with my range rod and a tight fitting patch, i can get close, tape the Rod and measure it. Hopefully this one is 1:38, from what little info i can find ive read 1:38?

[Newtire]

Thanks .54 Bore. Looking now like a more versatile rifle than I had at first thought.

[johnson1942]

a 1/38 twist would make it a real hunter and shooter for a sensible bullet. probably could turn out to be your main squeeze.