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A few weeks ago I found an unfired .50 caliber TC Renegade Hunter on GunBroker, and bought it so I can hunt Montana's new Heritage Muzzleloader season. I've killed a couple of muleys in Eastern WA with inlines, but am relatively new to muzzleloading, and am completely new to traditional muzzleloading. Been tapping into all the great info on this forum for over a month now, so decided it's time to join.
When the new Renegade arrived two weeks ago I took it out for a shooting session. For MT's Heritage ML season we have to use pure lead, full bore bullets, so I tried Hornady PA conicals and Great Plains conicals. The PA conicals key-holed at 80 grains of Triple 7 Three F. The GP's shot OK with 90 grains of same, so I took the Renegade out after elk for a few days. The elk are all safe - so much snow here already that they are all down on private land.
Loved shooting the Renegade, and loved carrying it, so it will be my primary ML going forward. May even hunt with it during the general season. Right now I'm working on the Renegade's trigger pull, following IdahoLewis' posts. An October Country lace-up butt sling, a TC sling swivel rod thimble, and a Kap Kover are on order. I bought a Skinner peep, and will have it mounted as close to my eye as possible. When I'm done with the trigger and our weather moderates a little (High for today is -5, tomorrow's low is supposed to be -32, but next week we're supposed to have some afternoons in the 40s) I'll continue the search for a good shooting conical. May get into applying my own lube, bullet sizing, and maybe even bullet casting. Hope to do a little more elk hunting during MT's late season, which closes 15 February.
About me? Born in Bozeman, MT (1957), grew up in Pullman WA and Eau Claire WI. West Point (BS) 1979, Stanford (PhD in optical physics) 1987. Served in artillery battalions at Ft. Lewis WA, and in Korea. Spent about 20 years leading government research projects in the Army, Los Alamos (NM) National Lab, and Pacific Northwest National Lab (Richland WA). Retired in 2007, spent several years in ministry, now doing rental real estate for my retirement income. First retirement home was in Ellensburg, WA, but WA has gone so crazy that my wife Tina and I decided that being landlords there is now just too risky. So... we moved to Helena a year ago. Settling in well, but still have property in WA to sell, and need to buy more rentals here in Helena.
When the new Renegade arrived two weeks ago I took it out for a shooting session. For MT's Heritage ML season we have to use pure lead, full bore bullets, so I tried Hornady PA conicals and Great Plains conicals. The PA conicals key-holed at 80 grains of Triple 7 Three F. The GP's shot OK with 90 grains of same, so I took the Renegade out after elk for a few days. The elk are all safe - so much snow here already that they are all down on private land.
Loved shooting the Renegade, and loved carrying it, so it will be my primary ML going forward. May even hunt with it during the general season. Right now I'm working on the Renegade's trigger pull, following IdahoLewis' posts. An October Country lace-up butt sling, a TC sling swivel rod thimble, and a Kap Kover are on order. I bought a Skinner peep, and will have it mounted as close to my eye as possible. When I'm done with the trigger and our weather moderates a little (High for today is -5, tomorrow's low is supposed to be -32, but next week we're supposed to have some afternoons in the 40s) I'll continue the search for a good shooting conical. May get into applying my own lube, bullet sizing, and maybe even bullet casting. Hope to do a little more elk hunting during MT's late season, which closes 15 February.
About me? Born in Bozeman, MT (1957), grew up in Pullman WA and Eau Claire WI. West Point (BS) 1979, Stanford (PhD in optical physics) 1987. Served in artillery battalions at Ft. Lewis WA, and in Korea. Spent about 20 years leading government research projects in the Army, Los Alamos (NM) National Lab, and Pacific Northwest National Lab (Richland WA). Retired in 2007, spent several years in ministry, now doing rental real estate for my retirement income. First retirement home was in Ellensburg, WA, but WA has gone so crazy that my wife Tina and I decided that being landlords there is now just too risky. So... we moved to Helena a year ago. Settling in well, but still have property in WA to sell, and need to buy more rentals here in Helena.
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and deer are my favorites! 
