Manual

Table of Contents

Subject Page Number

Safe Use & Handling of T/C Muzzleloading Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Nomenclature of the G2 Contender Muzzleloading Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Basic Equipment For Shooting the G2 Contender Muzzleloading Rifle. . . . 9

Understanding Black Powder & Black Powder Substitutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Black Powder Chart Showing Appropriate Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Pyrodex

Chart Showing Appropriate Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Ignition in the G2 Contender Muzzleloading Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Black Powder Pressures and Velocities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Charging and Priming the G2 Contender Muzzleloading Rifle . . . . . . . . . . 19

Loading Diagram for the G2 Contender Muzzleloading Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Loading Sabots and Conical Bullets Using Loose Powder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Loading Sabots or Conicals Using Pyrodex

& Triple Seven

Pellets . . . . . 23

Summary of Loading the G2 Contender Muzzleloading Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Removing a Charge From the G2 Contender Muzzleloading Rifle . . . . . . . 28

Cleaning the G2 Contender Muzzleloading Rifle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Cleaning From the Muzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using Cleaning Implements with the G2 Muzzleloading Rifle . . . . . . . . . . 34

Iron Sight Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Mounting a Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Statement of Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Limited Lifetime Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Projectile Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Suggested Black Powder Loads for the G2 Contender Muzzleloading Rifle

. . 39

Assembly and Loading Mag Express Sabots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Suggested Loads for Mag Express Sabots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Service for your T/C Muzzleloader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Thompson/Center and G2 Contender are Trademarks of

Thompson/Center Arms Company

, Incorporated.

, Inc.