got another 56 smoothbore thompson center

[stripercrazy]

stopped in a gun store yesterday and they had 2 white mountians a new englander and a Renagade 56sb i allready got one 56 and i love it i just got a can of .550balls too from a friend.... i talked the owner down to 150 bucks with a new nipple.....160 w/tax. its in v-good shape bores 100% stocks got a couple bumps and a small chip at the buttplate.....blueing good except some frecking around the nipple...I couldn't pass up this one....its got the good partdrige sights i was told these guns were made to hunt massachusettes because of the laws at the time.....does anyone know if this is true? thanks ed

[caplock]

What kind of accuracy can you get out of these smooth bores? can you shoot shotgun loads for turkey hunting and such? just wondering, I see a lot of these go fairly cheap on the auction sites.

[cayugad]

I personally would have went after the White Mountain Carbine myself. How much were they asking for that?

Although that is a good find on the SB. I have two 12 gauges I use for birds. But the .62 caliber SB I had shot well. Out to 35-40 steps, it would group a .600 ball real well. And the penetration of that big 324 grain ball was excellent. But I sold that barrel to a forum member. I really had no need for with with the 12 gauge New Englander and the Knight TK2000.

[stripercrazy]

the new englander was the most at 199...they were asking 169 for the sb56 the wm's were around 180 but they looked good, nice shape i was surprised they all looked good. i only looked at the bore of the 56 with a light...if i were to guess i'm thinking I could get the white mountians in the range of 160-170

[stripercrazy]

caplock, in a mountian man shoot they had a bell at 89 yards it was the size of a 8 inch(fat) fire extinghuisher cut 3/4 down...i hit it both days. i shoot the 56 smoothbore as good as any of my other tc's...useing a round ball.....550 balls .015 patch....i don't know why...but its a great shooter...the balls are very tight...I've never shot it like a shotgun

[stripercrazy]

at the shoot i seen a guy with a 54 smoothbore from thompson center it was a renagade. it the only one i've ever seen

[Blackpowdersmoke]

Originally Posted by stripercrazy

I was told these guns were made to hunt massachusettes because of the laws at the time.....does anyone know if this is true? thanks ed

That's true Ed. T/C made the smoothbore because Mass. would not allow anything with a rifled barrel for deer at that time...BPS

[MountainDevil54]

wow just when I thought i heard of a good number of stupid rules, another one pops up LOL.

[stripercrazy]

bps, thanks i'm a mile from seekonk mass, my house was in mass a couple hundred years ago....before roger williams fleed the state of mass