T/C Renegade / GM .58

Just got this T/C Renegade w/ a Green Mountain .58 RB barrel. Anxious to get some range time with it; ought to be a great shooter!

You probably ain't going to like it :nono: Maybe just go ahead and send it to me :blah: :blah:





Mike

I have he exact setup you have there.... You'll Love it!

Dogmann said:

I have he exact setup you have there.... You'll Love it!

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Cool! What load do you use?

Same rifle....100 ff goex 1 op card ...blue/white ticking patch.020 .575 rb

I have the same gun as well. .575 RB, .018 pillow tick patch and 90 grains Goex FFG. Enjoy it..... :thumbsup:

Fired a couple rounds @ lunchtime today. 90gr Schuetzen 2F/.018 pillow ticking/ Speer .570. Seemed pretty mild but cut the same hole @ 25 yds. Gotta get out for a full blown range session with the chrony & sandbags. I'd like to get to 1800 fps with minute-of-deer-heart accuracy to 100 yards with minimal trajectory issues. I sure do enjoy rocklocks!

We should compare serial numbers. Mine is a flinter, TC Renegade .58 with QLA, so it came from the TC factory.

Mine: 3849XX

Greg

You will probably get the accuracy you are looking for but there is no way you will get anywhere near 1800 fps. With that length barrel in .58 a little under 1600 is about all you will get with the heaviest loads. 100 grains of 3f might reach 1500 and be plenty for deer. Don't concern yourself with velocity as it's a .58 ball.

Walks with fire said:

You will probably get the accuracy you are looking for but there is no way you will get anywhere near 1800 fps. With that length barrel in .58 a little under 1600 is about all you will get with the heaviest loads. 100 grains of 3f might reach 1500 and be plenty for deer. Don't concern yourself with velocity as it's a .58 ball.

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You're right! Guess I was thinking about smaller calibers. 120gr Schuetzen FFg with a swaged .570 rb does 1460 @ 10 yds with good accuracy & all the recoil I want. Serious BOOM. I need to get out with a good rest & see what it does at longer ranges but it shoots real good @ 30 yds from an improvised rest. Totally different sound than my .50's; deep & loud. I like it a lot & looking forward to taking a deer with it.

nice looking rig, but it is in the wrong gun case.

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thats why my 58 cal Early Va is named "boomer" :haha: I shoot 120 gr Ffg 562 hand cast RB with 018 pillow ticking and wool felt wad over powder, killed a doe @ 77yds with it a couple of weeks ago still looking for the Buck

kwilfong said:

...Serious BOOM....Totally different sound than my .50's; deep & loud....

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And dat's dah trute. :grin:

The shortest of my 58's (26" barrel) really likes 90 grains of 3f. But it makes such a distinctive racket, my buds have named it Dang. They claim they can distinguish it from other guns from a mile away. Even my longer 58's shooting 2f have their own distinct sound compared to smaller calibers with the same charge.

Of course, that .570 ball landing on a deer kinda makes it's own distinctive sound too, and that's good. THWACK!!!! :grin:

I would love to find one of these for sale.

Arkansas has a late ML season 12/15-17. I have hope & two tags left.

Nice looking outfit.

BFJ

I got a T/C Renegade .58 in percussion. It put a nice fat hole in a doe earlier this year. Great looking setup.

Jeff