1st post here, with a question

[ceb]

Greetings all, I just found you'all a couple of weeks ago, seems like a nice place to visit. I have had a .54cal T/C Renegade for many years now and have taken several deer with it. I shoot only round ball anymore so I decided to buy a barrel with a twist more suited to PRB. I just received a Green Mountain replacement barrel I ordered through Track of the Wolf. As yet, all I have done is fit it to the rifle. How would you'all go about breaking in this new barrel and getting ready for deer season?

 

[walruskid1]

welcome aboard ceb. shoot the snot out of it after a good cleaning. i scrub mine with jb bore paste just to do a little polishing. then clean normally. i'm sure others will jump in with good advice. wk1

 

[shootemup]

Hi there ceb and welcome,
You got yourself a great barrel for that Renegade, I use 80 grains of 3f under a .015 patched .530 roundball for mine.
Scrubbing the bore can only help, but I just started shooting mine :grin: I had excellent hunting accuracy right out of the box - probably could have done better though.
Congratulations and good luck, keep us posted.

Spot

 

[longcruise]

I took mine straight to the range and shot it. Shot good, but all the manufacturing grease/oil was still in there and it got baked into a fouling/grease combo that was tough to get out.

Suggest you clean it before shooting with some carburetor cleaner and a bore brush. Scrub it good and then clean in a bucket of hot water. Watch the water turn brown :shocked2: That's grease!

Mine shoots good and even though i've firelapped most of my ml barrels, I skipped it on the GM. Now I plan to go back to point A and firelap it to smooth it up a bit.

They are good barrels. Hope yours works out for you.

 

[DNICK]

Yep like the others said scrub it out and go shooting realy enjoy mine

 

[Otter]

Welcome aboard, ceb. You will like the GM barrel (I'm assuming you got a .54, as you didn't say), just do as the others have said, clean it good and shoot it a bunch.

By the way - it's "y'all"

 

[faw3]

I got a 58 and it shot real well (as good as I can) right out of the box, shoot 200 or so balls thru it and find the load you like. (watch for little things like the key comeing out) Fred :hatsoff:

 

[ceb]

Thanks fellers, I'll try to follow your advice, specially the "shoot the snot out of it" part. :grin: