Just bought a new Muzzleloader, need help
 

Hello All,

A member of our church had a TC Scout in .54 that he sold to me at a price I couldn't pass up. Do any of you have any experience with this gun? What loads work best?

Many thanks,
DD80

Here's the manual, it is a starting point for sure.

http://www.tcarms.com/assets/manuals...tol_Manual.pdf

I had a .50 scout but not the .54. Past information I have read is the .54 was difficult to find good accurate loads for. I think the twist is a little different from most .54 muzzleloaders. I did not care for the breechplug/nipple combination which is really not a true breechplug. Since the barrel stops prior to the breechplug it is not easy to run cleaning material like most inlines. It has to be handled more like a sidelock. The nipple is also impossible to find since the rifle is out of production and has been for some time. I considered drilling and tapping the one I had to accept standard nipples so that I could continue to shoot it after the nipple was shot out. They have become somewhat of a collector item but I traded mine and have not felt bad about it since. Sorry if this is not a very positive response but just trying to give you a little background.

breech plugs come up pretty regular on ebay 15-25$. id get an extra or 2. my buddy has a 50 cal. version. its an early inline type muzzy. i believe its 1-29 twist try some sabots in that gun. maybe maxi hunter bullets too. thompson center should have some info for you. id call them up.

Thanks for your help
 

Thanks for all your help guys, I do have a couple of extra breech plugs that came with the gun and I am planning to try some maxi-hunters in it as soon as they get here. I'll let yall know how they do. Thanks Again!

DD80

I have a T/C Renegade in 54, and it clearly preferred the maxiballs over maxihunters, so don't get discouraged if it does not like maxihunters. I always thought the Scout was an interesting gun. Hope you find an acceptable load. I'd be surprised if the Maxiball won't do pretty well over 90-100 grains of Pyrodex RS powder.