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  1. renegadehunter

    Warm/Hot water when cleaning and flash rust

    Just wanted to pass on a recent experience. Every time I've ever cleaned with water that was any warmer than tepid I have experienced seeing flash rust on the first dry patch I run down the bore. (Brit, I know how trivial you feel flash rust is). Quite a while back I remember reading someone...
  2. renegadehunter

    Need help with CVA Mountain rifle lock

    I have an old "made in the USA" CVA Mountain Rifle. Long story short, it was built from a kit by my wife's grandfather. It was his first and only one he's built. After completing it he didn't know anything about shooting them and just hung it on the mantle. He has now given it to my FIL. My...
  3. renegadehunter

    Castor oil / Denatured alcohol patch lube users question

    This spring, around April, I made up some CO/DA patches at a 6:1 ratio. I had been experimenting with some different lubes and put them in a Ziploc bag labeled as to what they were. I shot them shortly after and they gave me the best groups to date that I'd gotten out of my rifle. This last...
  4. renegadehunter

    Change to Idaho Palouse zone muzzleloader elk season

    A bit frustrated right now with the Idaho F&G. This year they altered the muzzleloader only season in the Palouse Zone (units 8, 8a, 11a) for elk. Previously it has been open from Dec. 2nd to Dec. 14th for cows or spikes. This year they have changed it so that cows and spikes are open from...
  5. renegadehunter

    Finally getting somewhere with 3f load development

    Got in some shooting this Sunday. Been playing around with different patch lubes and trying to get a 3f load to shoot well. My normal 2f load has been 75 grains with a .015" patch (compressed), with a damp Hoppes BP lube for target shooting or muzzleloader shoots and a store bought wonderlube...
  6. renegadehunter

    TC Renegade broken lock options

    Today while shooting something broke in the lock. It won’t catch and hold half-cock or full. Bear with me on what I call parts as I’m not familiar with locks other than looking at a labeled picture that zonie posted in another thread. When I got home and took it apart I found that the very end...
  7. renegadehunter

    Removing & installing dovetail front sight

    I have a new front sight to install on my Renegade. I've read that some dovetails have a taper and need to be driven out/in a certain direction. I've also read several contradictory things about which way this is. The common saying I've seen is "Drive it right out unless you want it left in"...
  8. renegadehunter

    Can the need to swab be fixed?

    Sorry but I'm borderline OCD (it really should be CDO so that it's in order!...lol) and also just plain like to try to build a better mousetrap all the time, probably why I like this black powder thing so much, lots of variables to mess around with. Background: TC Renegade .54 cal .530 ball...
  9. renegadehunter

    Field flask made from elk antler safety question.

    I’m going to make a small field flask out of the base of an elk shed. It will hold about 500 grains when I’m done hopefully, going to wallow out the inside to create the room needed with an extension through the bushing hole that is needed, want to keep it as short as possible. I’ve ordered a...
  10. renegadehunter

    Another TC lock question

    I just realized that my renegade front trigger will not fire the gun unless the set trigger has been set first. I've always fired it this way, so it's probably been like this since I started using it. Any ideas what is most likely the problem? Thanks in advance.
  11. renegadehunter

    Set trigger screw lost

    I lost the set trigger adjustment screw out of my renegade and can't seem to find a resource to replace it. Anyone know a good place to find one? It seems to function fine without it, is there any concerns with using it until I find a replacement? Thanks everyone.
  12. renegadehunter

    Burning patches suddenly

    This is more informative than any questions really, but maybe it will save someone else some grief too. Sorry this is such a long read, but I wanted to paint the whole picture. This is concerning a .54 Renegade, 70grns of Goex ff, a .530 RB, and .015" dry patches. I recently have been...
  13. renegadehunter

    Patch or lube?

    A little background: I've been using a liquid patch lube for rendevous shooting and practice shooting, which is just t/c #13 soaked into a .015 store bought cotton patch wrapped around a .530 RB. Patches are damp but none can be squeezed out of them. Recovered patches look good, no excessive...
  14. renegadehunter

    H & A Heritage underhammer thoughts?

    I was talking to my uncle a couple of weeks ago about how I've gotten into black powder and he happened to mention that he has a .45 underhammer in his closet that he bought off a guy that needed quick cash several years ago. Last night I got to see it. It turns out to be a Hopkins Allen...
  15. renegadehunter

    Howdy from Idaho

    Hello all. I'm new to the forum and to muzzleloading. I shot one several years ago with a friend and had a lot of fun, and have been wanting to get more into it. I inherited a .54 TC Renegade from my stepdad when he passed away, it has been sitting in my gun cabinet for several years now. I...
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