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  1. renegadehunter

    WANTED looking for a TC Renegade Tumbler.

    You might contact The Gun Works Muzzleloading Emporium and see if they have one. They bought all of TC's stock of parts when they quit the sidelock side of things.
  2. renegadehunter

    TC New Englander puzzle

    It is very strange that it is the SECOND shot after swabbing that won't go off. If cleaning/swabbing the bore was pushing fouling into the patent breech and blocking the flame channel, then why would the first shot go off after swabbing but then the second shot is the one that gives a fail to...
  3. renegadehunter

    Horrible accuracy after 3 shots

    That's what I've always attributed it to. I have tried patches so thick that I dang near need a mallet to start them and it still won't maintain fouling consistency enough to shoot them the same. I usually will swab with one damp pass and one dry, but even just one pass with the damp swab makes...
  4. renegadehunter

    My $250 Renegade

    My .54 caplock Renegade with a PRB has quite a bit of an accuracy improvement between 70 grains and 75 grains of powder. At 75 grains groups are almost half what they are at 70 grains with 2f, with 3f it isn't quite as big of a difference but still quite an improvement. With a .015" patch my...
  5. renegadehunter

    Horrible accuracy after 3 shots

    I have a .54 TC Renegade that shoots exactly the same. It will put the first two touching, third will be a bit left of them, from fourth shot on they go to parts unknown...if I don't swab. Swab it at least every other shot and it'll shoot groups you'd show to your buddies without hesitation...
  6. renegadehunter

    Hornady .535" round ball users

    The swaged RB's I've seen made (not Hornady but process must be very similar), they form each half of the RB separately and then the two "half moons" are swaged together to make the whole RB. Two half moons of lead are joined to create a round sphere/ball. After this process you can see that...
  7. renegadehunter

    proper powder load for 54 cal?

    My .54 Renegade shot PRB only so-so at 70 grains of 2f. When I tried 75 grains groups cut in half. 80 and 85 grains they were about the same, at 90 grains they started to open up a bit again. With 3f 80 grains was my most accurate charge. Find the charge yours likes best. You already know...
  8. renegadehunter

    Questions about my Hawken shoot

    Check that the spring under the rear sight is there and not broken or bound up somehow. Like the others said, you should be able to push down on it and have it return back to where the adjustment allows it to raise up to. It is also possible that someone changed the front sight and it is...
  9. renegadehunter

    Tried Balistol / Water today

    I had the same thing with mink oil. When I first bought some I rather generously lubed up several patches with it, nice and thick like you see the pre-lubed store bought patches look. They didn't shoot very good at all for me and I actually put the mink oil away for several months and just...
  10. renegadehunter

    Tried Balistol / Water today

    The "dry" patching method by Dutch S. is for getting an exact amount of lube on every patch. Ballistol sprayed on a patch would not need to set out to dry because there's nothing that will evaporate. The drying part refers to mixing Ballistol with water, in a specific ratio such as 6 parts...
  11. renegadehunter

    Lucky today, the deer wasn't...

    A new method I hadn't considered. For reliable RB expansion, shoot through a tree first! :D Congrats on the deer Anvilboy!
  12. renegadehunter

    T/C Hawken Breech Plug Screw/Cleaning

    Hot, soapy water method for me. Too easy and fast to try any other way. Cleans bore, flash channel, nipple threads, and patent breech if so equipped, all in one go and then dries quickly too. The hot water heating up the barrel easily dissolves lubes and likely some leading as well. I'm...
  13. renegadehunter

    OMG Percussion caps at my local Gun Store

    Very true. He has since given his resignation notice. I hear he has an invention idea and is going to have a go at marketing it. No idea what his invention idea is yet.
  14. renegadehunter

    Getting Started with Renegade

    https://www.tcarms.com/pdfs/uploads/manuals/Hawken_Manual.pdf Here is a link to the TC manual. It will list the things needed to "get started".
  15. renegadehunter

    Getting Started with Renegade

    That brown residue is just really dried out Bore Butter. I'm a big fan of Barricade for a rust preventative. It doesn't take much of it, just a light coating. It dries to a rust preventative film. It can even be left in the bore and go straight to shooting if you want, but I do notice that...
  16. renegadehunter

    OMG Percussion caps at my local Gun Store

    Every time I walk into a local store that normally carries them I have looked. I have not seen any on the shelf for a good two years now. I just opened a new tin, so I have one just opened and one more spare left. Getting a bit tight. Hoping they show up here real soon. I live where...
  17. renegadehunter

    Unreliable Ignition

    I swab every shot and have had this problem with my TC too. The patch and jag combo is too thick, so it is pushing fouling down into the patent breech and blocking the flame channel. Most just pop a cap after swabbing, while pointing the barrel at a leaf or dry patch they've put on the...
  18. renegadehunter

    Mountain rifle trigger help

    I had the exact same problem with a CVA Mountain Rifle. It was a kit put together by my wife's grandpa. He did it mainly for the fun of it and then it was hung on the wall and never fired. He gave it to his son-in-law, who then noticed it wasn't working right and he brought it to me since they...
  19. renegadehunter

    Unreliable ignition Traditions Hawken Percussion

    What having the hammer at half cock mainly does is help to more easily pack your flame channel with powder. Think about the difference. Nipple down, the air trapped in the bore from pushing a PRB down can't escape very quickly, almost creating an air lock type of resistance. Hammer off the...
  20. renegadehunter

    #11 firing Cap problem ???

    I worked for CCI. They are ISO certified and take quality very seriously. Every single part they make is traceable to the day it was made, what line, and what employees were working that line. Same with the components that made the parts. Samples are taken frequently and sent to their QA...
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