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  1. cm289

    Serial Number Dating a T/C

    On my Black Diamond .50cal it’s on the left side of the receiver, immediately behind the bolt opening where the primer goes. (Bought in 2010 or 2011- #108XXX)
  2. cm289

    Serial Number Dating a T/C

    Thanks- I just refinished it. I painted the stripes on with black fountain pen ink, and applied several coats of Tru-Oil and Gun Stock Wax. When I first built it in the 80s I had used a hot brown solution but it was pretty splotchy, so I took most of it off with steel wool and used Laurel...
  3. cm289

    Serial Number Dating a T/C

    For whatever it's worth, my .50 Renegade kit from 85 or 86 is K30XXX. Who knows how long it sat on a shelf before I got it.
  4. cm289

    What was your first Muzzleloader?

    A T/C Renegade .50 percussion kit that my brother and I shared, until he got a left handed version. This would have been around 1985 or so.
  5. cm289

    Howdy

    Hello everyone - shout out from a new member in NM. I've been hunting with muzzleloaders since 1982. My first was a .50 cal Renegade kit, then I moved on to a .54 T/C Scout, and a couple of inlines. I was recently given a Tennessee Poor Boy flintlock and some possibles bags / horns, and a...
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