page_title: Thompson/Center Arms
section_title: Muzzleloading pistols
hierarchical_section_title: Thompson/Center Arms / Muzzleloading pistols
caption_attribution_description: English: Thompson Center Patriot Black Powder Muzzleloader Pistol chambered in .45.
context_page_description: Thompson/Center Arms is an American firearms company based in Springfield, Massachusetts. The company is best known for its line of interchangeable-barrel, single-shot pistols and rifles. Thompson/Center also manufactures muzzle-loading rifles and is credited with creating the resurgence of their use in the 1970s.
context_section_description: Patriot:
  Barrel: 9” octagonal,
  Trigger: double set,
  Caliber: .36 & .45,
  Stock: American Walnut,
  Status: discontinued 1997,
  Ignition: percussion.
  Scout:
  Barrel: 15” round,
  Trigger: single set,
  Caliber: 45, 50 & 54,
  Stock: American Walnut,
  Status: discontinued 199?,
  Ignition: percussion.
  A major factory fire at the Thompson/Center factory in 1996 destroyed all tooling and parts for the Scout and Patriot pistols and the Seneca rifle. As a result they were discontinued for sale.
caption: Thompson/Center Patriot Black Powder Muzzleloader Pistol chambered in .45.
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