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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: GEARHEAD on April 24, 2012, 02:34:10 PM

Title: Thompson north western
Post by: GEARHEAD on April 24, 2012, 02:34:10 PM: anybody have experience with this. played with one at the store, seemed ok, kinda liked the way the block keeps the cap from falling off.
Title: Re: Thompson north western
Post by: Bridger on April 24, 2012, 03:05:57 PM: I have one. I like it. I have taken two deer with it. The gun is easy to clean.
Title: Re: Thompson north western
Post by: jackelope on April 24, 2012, 10:25:25 PM: I have one too. Shoots good. I enjoy it and agree, it's easy to clean.
3 shots, 100 yards.
Title: Re: Thompson north western
Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 24, 2012, 10:52:54 PM: They are a good gun. You just have to find the right loads for them. Once you do they shoot well. Most sabots do not shoot well in them because they have a 1:48 twist rate. Most modern sabots need a 1:28 to stabilize them well. Conicals like the powerbelt seem to shoot well in them.
Title: Re: Thompson north western
Post by: jackelope on April 25, 2012, 05:46:45 AM: That was shot with powerbelts, then I ran out of time to really dial it in. I think I could tighten that up some with a little work.
Title: Re: Thompson north western
Post by: Sabotloader on April 25, 2012, 11:33:17 AM: Quote from: GEARHEAD on April 24, 2012, 02:34:10 PM
anybody have experience with this. played with one at the store, seemed ok, kinda liked the way the block keeps the cap from falling off.

I really do not want to steer you wrong, but i believe their are better Washington legal ML's out than the TC NW. If i remember correctly the twist is 1-48 which is relatively slow for the projectiles that you can shoot legally in the state of Washington. The drop action, modled after the TC Omega is really a good positive action. And of course the barrel and the action will be solid. You may/might encounter a small problem with the forearm of the stock contacting the barrel which could cause the POI to shift, but that is an easy fix.

Please if you get time verify that the twist is 1-48 (same twist you might use for shooting round balls and/or short conicals.

For the next part... REMEMBER... I am totally biased you might do as search on this forum and look up information on Knight DISC's with a Western Kit installed or even a Knight Big Horn, but I am hedging a bit even there because I really like the Drop Action of the TCNW. Both of these Knight's have a 1-28 and can shoot most anything very well except round balls.

This is a picture of a DISC cocked and ready to fire - you can see the bolt face also keeps the cap in place and the cap is exposed...

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv130%2Fsabotloader%2FP1010014.jpg&hash=da3cd154ab3e2a545c4ac3ae735f9c99f5f1163b)

The main thing --- get what you like and feels good to you.
Title: Re: Thompson north western
Post by: GEARHEAD on April 25, 2012, 01:36:10 PM: i had at first started looking at the traditions light magnum, then i wanted the elkhorn, but when i handled a knight bighorn thumbhole, and researched it, as well as the extreme, i was sold on knight, but.... i saw the T/C at sportco, and it just seemed so simple. that said accuracy is more important to me than simple, but as has been demononstrated above it seems to be fairly accurate. gona keep it on my list. i like my cablas hawkins .54 that i put together but i dont trust it beyond maybe 75 yards at best. Just getting my multi season on!
Title: Re: Thompson north western
Post by: Sabotloader on April 25, 2012, 02:56:58 PM: Quote from: GEARHEAD on April 25, 2012, 01:36:10 PM
i had at first started looking at the traditions light magnum, then i wanted the elkhorn, but when i handled a knight bighorn thumbhole, and researched it, as well as the extreme, i was sold on knight, but.... i saw the T/C at sportco, and it just seemed so simple. that said accuracy is more important to me than simple, but as has been demononstrated above it seems to be fairly accurate. gona keep it on my list. i like my cablas hawkins .54 that i put together but i dont trust it beyond maybe 75 yards at best. Just getting my multi season on!

I would assume that your Cabelas is also a 1-48 twist so you are already familiar with what you can do with the 1-48.

With a peep sight and the right conditions I feel more than confident to 150 yards and I am really old!!!

This is my peep setup on a Knight Mk-85 - predacessor to the Big Horn...

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Title: Re: Thompson north western
Post by: deerslyr on April 25, 2012, 07:14:59 PM: Hey sabotloader, what are you shooting out of the mk-85? My dad and I have a matching set and always shoot 100 grains of 777 and 348 grain power belts with good accuracy. The PBs do the trick on deer but here bad things about them on heavier boned game. PM me if you dont mind.
Title: Re: Thompson north western
Post by: kerrdog on May 15, 2012, 06:23:13 PM: I've got a NW Explorer and love it. I really like the action on it. Personally, I'm not excited about the actions on the Knights. that whole bolt action with secondary safety *censored* just bugs me. My NW Explorers thumb-cock hammer is intuitive. It's also lighter than a disk extreme. But this thing does not shoot sabots! They actually tumble sideways through the target. If you want to shoot sabots, get something else. It seemed to shoot power belts OK, but I like the TC maxi-hunters. I'd guess that the disk extreme is considerably more accurate past 100 yard, but I'm not trying to shoot that far anyway.