TC Renegade with 1/48 twist

[snapbang]

I was in a muzzle loader store last week Saturday. He had several TC .50 Renegades in excellent shape for $225.00. ( I mean excellent) 1/48 twist. Two with set triggers. I love shooting RBs Out of my 1/66 but a 1/48 would shoot a heavier projectile and give me a little more killing range. Especially with a skinner sight. Im sure this has been covered before but what is the ideal weight to shoot from a 1/48??? Specific projectiles would be appreciated.

 

[Matthew323]

I was in a muzzle loader store last week Saturday. He had several TC .50 Renegades in excellent shape for $225.00. ( I mean excellent) 1/48 twist. Two with set triggers. I love shooting RBs Out of my 1/66 but a 1/48 would shoot a heavier projectile and give me a little more killing range. Especially with a skinner sight. Im sure this has been covered before but what is the ideal weight to shoot from a 1/48??? Specific projectiles would be appreciated.

Go back and read Idaholewis's posts/threads that mention 1:48" twist and bullets that he was testing. Every barrel will have it's peculiarities, and thus a particular bullet weight that it prefers.

I think you can safely say that a 1:48' twist will generally shoot well bullets between 250-450 grains.

 

[deermanok]

I once owned a Renegade in 54 caliber. 1/48 twist barrel. It shot well with a patched round ball.

 

[edmehlig]

I was in a muzzle loader store last week Saturday. He had several TC .50 Renegades in excellent shape for $225.00. ( I mean excellent) 1/48 twist. Two with set triggers. I love shooting RBs Out of my 1/66 but a 1/48 would shoot a heavier projectile and give me a little more killing range. Especially with a skinner sight. Im sure this has been covered before but what is the ideal weight to shoot from a 1/48??? Specific projectiles would be appreciated.

Sounds very tempting. Wish I lived near by.Any left handed versions?

 

[snapbang]

As a matter of fact this was sitting there

 

[snapbang]

and so were these

 

[snapbang]

all the TCs $225.00 and beautiful. Think a 54 in there somewhere.
the tigerstripe $800 I think.

 

[deermanok]

Wow!

 

[Mnt monkey]

If you walked out of that shop with out one you are stronger than me,,,I could not,,I want them all and I don't even shoot a rifle like that,,Does that one on the end have a stainless barrel or is it just the way the light is shining?

 

[Matthew323]

If you walked out of that shop with out one you are stronger than me,,,I could not,,I want them all and I don't even shoot a rifle like that,,Does that one on the end have a stainless barrel or is it just the way the light is shining?

The first 4 rifles are Thompson/Center rifles, but not the last 2. I think it's just the light reflecting a certain way, not stainless steel. Looks like 2 Renegades, and 2 Renegade Hunters (the ones with the single trigger). Those other two have thin recoil pads on them. No idea what brand they are. That lightly stained, left-hand percussion rifle looks like a Hawken copy of some type. I have never cared for lightly stained wood like that, it's too reflective, and not how an original would have been finished.

 

[Matthew323]

snapbang

Any flintlocks mixed in with what you saw?

 

[Leadhoarder]

I know my 1/48 .54 renegade shoots lights out with a PRB.

 

[Matthew323]

Upon further inspection, it looks like the first Renegade Hunter might be wearing an octagon-round, 12 gauge barrel.

 

[deermanok]

I would have had to at least touch every one.

 

[Matthew323]

I would have had to at least touch every one.

Especially, that third rifle, the 2nd Renegade Hunter, which looks to have a spectacular piece of walnut in the buttstock. That's a total steal for $225.00, even if the bore is less than perfect. Worst case scenario is to have Bobby Hoyt bore a .54 caliber out to a rifled .58 caliber, or a smoothbore 20 gauge.

 

[Mnt monkey]

I need a trip to Michigan,,tour muzzleloader shops,,, if I could get three or four shops like that per day and plan like 3 days. It's okay to dream

 

[Leadhoarder]

I would have had to at least touch every one.

A rack of muzzleloaders is like a nice other kind of rack. It is hard to keep your hands off.

 

[edmehlig]

As a matter of fact this was sitting there

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Wonder how much?

 

[snapbang]

Im struggling with staying away and not going back. Ill probably wait a couple of weeks and go check it out.

There were a few flintlocks on the rack to the right. I was having a difficult time taking my eyes off of these.

If there are a few flinters there next time I will get pics.

 

[edmehlig]

I like the 4th one from the left.