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To transmit .crt and .key files using HttpClient in a .Net Core Console Application, follow these steps:

1. Declare an instance of the HttpClient class.

2. Create an instance of the HttpClientHandler class and set its ClientCertificateOptions property to ClientCertificateOption.Manual.

3. Load the .crt and .key files into X509Certificate2 objects.

4. Add the X509Certificate2 objects to the handler's ClientCertificates collection.

5. Create an instance of the HttpRequestMessage class and set its Method, RequestUri, and Content properties.

6. Call the HttpClient's SendAsync method with the HttpRequestMessage object as a parameter.

Here is a sample code snippet that demonstrates this process:

var handler = new HttpClientHandler
{
    ClientCertificateOptions = ClientCertificateOption.Manual,
    // Load the .crt and .key files into X509Certificate2 objects
    ClientCertificates = {
        new X509Certificate2("path/to/cert.crt"),
        new X509Certificate2("path/to/key.key")
    }
};

var client = new HttpClient(handler);

var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
    Method = HttpMethod.Post,
    RequestUri = new Uri("https://example.com/api"),
    Content = new StringContent("Hello, world!")
};

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);

Note that the paths to the .crt and .key files should be replaced with the actual file paths on your system.