Gregg Ritz, former owner of Thompson/Center Arms, has officially reacquired the company.Smith & Wesson purchased the company in January 2007, when Ritz was president and CEO, for $102 million. He ...

Thompson/Center may have changed all that with the Fire Storm, a traditional-style muzzleloader that can shoot blackpowder substitutes, combining old-style shooting with easy cleaning.

My introduction to muzzleloaders began back in 1984 when I, tutored by my father, harvested my first black powder whitetail—a fine fat doe—in Ohio’s Harrison County. The rifle? A Thompson ...

The first is a Thompson/Center (T/C) New Englander, a nice piece featuring quick-change interchangeable 12-gauge and .50-caliber barrels. She has a straight cylinder choke, meaning I have to choke ...