My day with the T/C Renegade .54

[dc7x64]

My Green Mtn barrel is the 15/16 version to replace the 15/16 barrel on my 50 cal T/C Hawken. The barrel is 4 inches longer than the T/C barrel, but since they are both the same across the flats... You get it, larger bore more metal removed. I'm currently at work so I will weigh the rifle tomorrow with the different barrels attached and let you know the weight difference. I bet it's not much.

 

[dbutch]

I am green with envy. I want one of those Green Mountain barrels for either my .50 or my .54

Tip Curtis...Cross Plains Tenn...."The Frontier shop"
Sell some eggs and chickens and give Tip a call
....615-654-4445
He's a straight shooter with a Tennessee twang! :grin:
All my T/C's are lined with green.

Did not realize it but I have turned into a round ball snob.
Snuck-up on me in the last 3 years and did'nt see it coming.
Testing some 40 cal. conicals just didn't feel right. :idunno:
Flintlock and round ball for me...YMMV :grin:

 

[cynthialee]

I am finding I like the round balls a lot more than conicals. Less kick and they actually go into the part of the target I am shooting at. Conicals seem to have a mind of their own and that just doesn't work for me. Maybe if I was a civil war rifleman (there were a number of women who possed as men to fight in the Civil War) and I had a few thousand guys shooting with me I might be more inclined to like them.

 

[N.Y. Yanqui]

I had a .54 Renegade kit gun for several years and always shot 12gr FFG with PRB or Maxi Hunters and could knock over a 8" steel plate every time at 50. I replaced the factory rear sight with the hunter's tang sight and got good accuracy. I always used a Bore Button under every projectile. I believe they really help a flat base conical not burn he lead at the corners of the base (kind of like a gas check bullet. I NEVER burned a with them either. Now I use them in my GPR over 100Gr FFG and .530 PRB every time and patches come out good enough to use again. I really recommend them.

 

[majg1234]

conicals CAN work.....but just like a PRB it takes effort to find what works the best.I shoot conicals AND PRB in all my TC rifles but not the first one shoots alike. as a rule heavier powder charges are needed and a felt wad always help but heck I use them with PRB too but as has been said a 54 PRB will take most anything down

 

[Bob J]

cynthialee - My TC .50 shoots maxi-balls well with 80 or 90 grains 2f Goex (cloverleafs at 50 yds.). My brothers .54 Renegade is sighted in with 90 grains 2f and maxi-ball. That being said, the roundballs are much more pleasant to shoot. I'd say go with what your gun (and your shoulder) prefer! :thumbsup:

 

[catman]

Get one you will love it, I like mine in .54 on my Renegade, a tack driver for hunting..

I am green with envy. I want one of those Green Mountain barrels for either my .50 or my .54

 

[Jblk]

My 54s like 2F much better than 3f.They are more consistant in patterns with the 2F.Try reducing you charge to 60 grains of 3F and see if that helps.

 

[dc7x64]

O.K. I was wrong I weighed the T/C Hawken with the Green Mountain .54 barrel came in at 8 pounds 6 ounces. Rifle with original .50 barrel...7 pounds 2 ounces! Keep in mind this is the 15/16" barrel and not the 1.0" barrel.

 

[CrackStock]

The suggestion of contacting Tip Curtis is a good one. I know that he had the components last week - was there for a visit while on the way back from the CLA. (Could not afford the gun that I want just yet, but I did get a gun building stand.)

However, I would not give up on the conicals just yet. Do a search here on paper patching conicals and also load development. These have been discussed here many times and there are a lot of ideas.

BTW, I also have a renegade and recently bought a Green Mountain barrel with a round ball twist, but mine is a .40 cal. Got a breech plug for a T/C and some great sights to go with it all. Just need to start putting it all together.

CS