Question? Renegade-Hawken

[sabotloader]

Does anyone have a Renegade or Hawken with a TC tang peep sight mounted on the tang?

If so where is it mounted? In between to the two tang screws? or does the rear tang screw go through the rear hole of the site base?

 

[lefty41]

I haven't mounted mine yet but am told that one of the screws in the tang is used and one has to be drilled and tapped for the Renegade. Someone else may have better info.

 

[sabotloader]

I haven't mounted mine yet but am told that one of the screws in the tang is used and one has to be drilled and tapped for the Renegade. Someone else may have better info.

That is what I thought also but it seems awful low when installed back there. The thing that bothers me is the set comes with 2 6x48 screws..

 

[cayuga]

On the Renegade I have. I had a gun smith mount a T/C Peep sight. He mounted it fully on the tang between the two tang screws. I believe he had to drill and tap them.

maybe this will help. Now remember, this was with a T/C Peep sight. And this is the tang mount model. I filled the holes with wood putty when I removed the tang and mounted a scope on it.

 

[k]

i have two tc tang sights mounted using the rear hole in the tang.
you can allso see the tang with the filler screw.this i think is factory done as it is not the first i have seen..........karl

 

[slipshod]

My preference is to have 2 holes drilled and tapped.This allows for a taller front sight which causes you to raise the rear sight.By doing it this way you have less barrel in your sight picture and your cheekbone is not crunched so hard into the stock.slipshod

 

[sabotloader]

Thanks all for the pictures and the help.

I do remember that I had one tang some place with the extra hole already tapped.

Last night when I tried it in the rear hole it seemed low to me but I am not use to it either...

My other renegade with a peep - has a Lyman Peep on it and it is really a nice mount setup.

 

[Semisane]

I have a TC Vernier sight on one Hawken and a TC Hunter Peep on another. Both use the rear tang screw. One tang had a factory hole between the two tang screws. The other did not, so I had to drill and tap it.

It's a simple job if you're careful. To get it exactly centered, I removed the tang from the gun and used the rear tang screw to screw the tang and sight to a block of wood. That centers the rear perfectly. Then I put a small C-clamp mounted sideways near the front of the assembly so the sight could not move side-to-side (i.e. one part of the C was against the left side of the tang & sight and the other part of the C was against the right side of the tang & sight, thereby aligning the sight and tang perfectly). Then I used a drill bit that exactly fit the hole in the sight to make a deep dimple in the tang. That assured the drill remained centered on the tang and in the proper location. Then I disassembled the clamp and screw and used the perfectly certered dimple to complete the drilling and tapping process for a 10-32 screw.

 

[7mmfreak]

I just mounted a used TC vernier I picked up on e-bay on a Renegade I'm working on. I drilled and tapped two holes 8x40 but the sight originally came with one 6x48 up front and the rear hole used the wood screw from the rear of the tang.

 

[sabotloader]

Ol' #39 Renegade

I am going to put this tang sight on one of my oldest TC Renegades. It has an excellent old Douglas 50 cal barrel on it that i procured off ebay. The bore is tip-top but the exterior has a few little rust spots that are no longer active but if you look close you can see them.

The stock is also one of the older stock that I have - someone had tried inletting the lock and got it a bit deep but I have fiberglassed the area and bedded the lock in correctly.

The "Plan" right now is to install this tang sight and use the gun as round ball gun for the area Rondies. I have another 50 dedicated to this activity but it never hurts to have a back up so it will become used for that purpose if it will shoot PRB's.

Ol' #39

Installation of the TC tang sight....

I have not anchored the fron of the sight yet but this is how I plan on installing it...

 

[DPH]

I have a T/C tang mounted peep sight on my T/C Hawken. I drilled two holes between the two tang screws - the back one not far from the back tang screw. It was too low when mounted with back tang hole.

 

[sabotloader]

I have a T/C tang mounted peep sight on my T/C Hawken. I drilled two holes between the two tang screws - the back one not far from the back tang screw. It was too low when mounted with back tang hole.

That is why I have not proceed to drilling the next hole - I am going to run it out to the farm and shoot it to see what I come up with. I am very close to the end if the verticle adjustment as it is mounted.

 

[ldykeman]

I haven't checked in here lately, but I saw this thread and thought this might help. Here are the instructions directly off of the T/C Hunter tang peep sight:
No. 7194 Hunting Style Tang Mount Peep Sight
For T/C Hawken, Renegade, Big Boar, White Mtn. Carbine,
and Pennsylvania Hunter
WARNING - Never attempt to install a sight on a loaded firearm.
Always ensure that the firearm is UNPRIMED AND UNCHARGED.
Failure to heed this warning could result in an accidental discharge
causing injury and/or death to the shooter or bystanders and
damage to property.
Read the instructions included in this package before attempting
to install or use this sight.
Installation of the T/C Tang Peep Sight on Thompson/Center's
Traditional Cap Lock or Flint Lock Muzzleloaders:
Hunting style Tang Peep Sights require the drilling of either
one or two additional holes in the tang for mounting.
For the White Mountain Carbine and Pennsylvania Hunter models,
two additional holes must be drilled and tapped.
Place the sight midway between the front and rear tang screws,
then center the sight side to side on the tang.
Use a prick punch to mark the front hole only. Use a #29 drill
and an 8-32 tap to thread the hole after it has been drilled.
Once the front screw has been secured, then mark the rear
screw hole; drill and tap.
For other traditional T/C side locks, it will only be necessary
to drill and tap the front hole. The back hole uses the
existing rear tang screw found in the rifle. Once secured
with the rear tang screw (and aligned side to side on the tang),
mark the front screw location with a prick punch - use a #29 drill
to drill the hole, and a 8-32 thread tap.
If you have any questions on this, call the Thompson/Center
Service Dept. at (603) 332-2333.

 

[rat trapper]

I have them on both my TC Hawken 50 & 54 caliber rifles. Both rifles are the older rifles that came with the holes for the peep sight, so I just installed them as the factory intended. The windage screw will not take much pressure before it startes to break. TC was nice about providing me with new screws. williams sight company's appetures will fit the TC peep sight and gives you some additional options with size of peep sight holes.