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Green Mountain barrel company was offering a good deal for people that own a Thompson Center Hawkins or Renegade. You could get a 28" Stainless Steel Barrel with a 1-28 twist. This IBO barrel would allow you to use a traditional rifle and shoot more modern projectiles. I decided I wanted a couple of them and sense there was such a great deal on them I bought two of them.
Well they came today. I cleaned one of the barrels. I thought I felt a ruff spot in the barrel but was not really concerned. I figured I would shoot the rifle but it was raining out today.
I sat looking at the rain and at that new rifle barrel sitting there and decided I would not melt. So I grabbed up my gear and went outside to the range in the rain. I was overall impressed with the way the rifle loaded the Hornady XTP. Not a tight fit at all. I shot a couple of them. The first shot out of the rifle, I could tell I had forgot how sensative the hair trigger on my Renegade was. I shot a little low.
Holding a true 6 o'clock hold it hit right where it was pointing at. So on the next couple I held a heavy modified hold and it slipped them in pretty good.
Since the bore felt a little ruff when I first cleaned the packing grease out of it, I decided to shoot some conicals. So I grabbed a box of the 460 grain No Excuse conical and a couple different kinds of powders and went at it. The rifle shoots pretty good actually considering the weather conditions.
80 Grains of Goex 3f or 80 grains of Pyrodex P and the rifle did a pretty good job with the iron sights at 50 yards off the bench...I have a lot more things to try out of this.
When I cleaned it the second time, I felt no ruff spots anymore in the bore. And the rifle cleaned up beautiful....
Well they came today. I cleaned one of the barrels. I thought I felt a ruff spot in the barrel but was not really concerned. I figured I would shoot the rifle but it was raining out today.
I sat looking at the rain and at that new rifle barrel sitting there and decided I would not melt. So I grabbed up my gear and went outside to the range in the rain. I was overall impressed with the way the rifle loaded the Hornady XTP. Not a tight fit at all. I shot a couple of them. The first shot out of the rifle, I could tell I had forgot how sensative the hair trigger on my Renegade was. I shot a little low.
Holding a true 6 o'clock hold it hit right where it was pointing at. So on the next couple I held a heavy modified hold and it slipped them in pretty good.
Since the bore felt a little ruff when I first cleaned the packing grease out of it, I decided to shoot some conicals. So I grabbed a box of the 460 grain No Excuse conical and a couple different kinds of powders and went at it. The rifle shoots pretty good actually considering the weather conditions.
80 Grains of Goex 3f or 80 grains of Pyrodex P and the rifle did a pretty good job with the iron sights at 50 yards off the bench...I have a lot more things to try out of this.
When I cleaned it the second time, I felt no ruff spots anymore in the bore. And the rifle cleaned up beautiful....