A very reliable source (old friend and hunting pard) called me tonight with news that will rock your world. It comes from a visit with a friend and TC employee at the SHOT Shot. Heysay still, but probably pretty reliable.
Supposedly TC is being sold to Remington, and it will happen very fast. S&W is keeping the barrel making and modern rifle potion of the business only and moving it to their own facility. S&W never owned the investment casting portion, it was a separte entity within TC, so apparently that is what Big Green is buying. The all but already gone TC traditional muzzleloader business may be going to Remington too, or just actioned off, but also something he is not sure of becasue he didn't think to ask. So they too may soon be gone. And the TC rep told him that with certainty if anybody needs parts for their Contender's, G2's, Encores or ML's, they better act fast, as in by the end of this month unless they want to try to deal with Remington for them later.
Big Green has pretty much destroyed the other holdings its bought the fast few years, so this may be the start of the end of the TC pistol/carbine AND traditional ML platforms.
Hopefully a press release will confirm a full disclosure soon, so only take this as it was offered until then please. I trust my firend, he trusts his at TC, but until its confirmed by S&W and/or Remington you may just want to hold your breath.
Larry
