Jerry Thompson
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hello my name is Jerry Thompson, I use to own a cva 50cal years ago but sold it in 1999. yea I know it was dumb.. lol but many moons later I decided to get back into black powder, and went out and bought a Thompson renegade, 54 cal. I went into a local gun pawn shop here I Boise Idaho looking for a .54 cal black powder. the first 3 I picked up were real pretty, but long and nose heavy. lot of brass, then I picked up the last one, oh man she was gorgeous. its a well balance rifle, i could hold it up with out the barrel drooping. one it is a renegade, two, my last name was stamped on it, (THOMPSON) and the big kicker was it was left handed. it was real dirty from build up in the barrel, the nipple was bad, the ram rod looked like grease smears, i fell in love with it, bought it, got it home and gave it a bath. lol took nipple out, took barrel off of the stock, used bore blaster cleaner down the barrel and in the nipple hole. ran the bore brush down it a few times, then gave it a real bath. bathtub and dawn dish soap. man did the bathtub go black. lol my wife gave me the look of death. but I'm still alive. haha. ran the bore brush a few more times till water was clear, took it out ran more cleaning patches down it till it was clean. put a light down the barrel and it was like a mirror down there.. clean... ran oil patches down to keep barrel from rusting, then I tackled the ram rod. from what I thought was a dirty wood ram rod turned out to be brass, and it shined like new. wow never have i seen one on a black powder. they were all wood on the ones I have ever seen.
now that i have got most of my supplies, now I have a few questions,
when i had the 50 cal I would target practice with 50 grains and hunt with 90 grains. now on the renegade 54 what would be a good start out grain for target, getting the feel of the gun, and what would be a good hunting load?
I'm kind of new, but I was told the only dumb question was the one that was never asked. and I'm always open minded to learn new ways on doing things.
and man are there many choices of balls out there.. maxi, mini sabots.. just to start. i bought the .530 ball from Hornady, and i see that i need to use a .010 patch. what is a safe load to start with? for target shooting?
and I'm also curious is there any members down here in Boise/Nampa Idaho? i would like to get with you and pick your brains sometime.
thanks again
Jerry Thompson
now that i have got most of my supplies, now I have a few questions,
when i had the 50 cal I would target practice with 50 grains and hunt with 90 grains. now on the renegade 54 what would be a good start out grain for target, getting the feel of the gun, and what would be a good hunting load?
I'm kind of new, but I was told the only dumb question was the one that was never asked. and I'm always open minded to learn new ways on doing things.
and man are there many choices of balls out there.. maxi, mini sabots.. just to start. i bought the .530 ball from Hornady, and i see that i need to use a .010 patch. what is a safe load to start with? for target shooting?
and I'm also curious is there any members down here in Boise/Nampa Idaho? i would like to get with you and pick your brains sometime.
thanks again
Jerry Thompson