OT - T/C .54 Renegade

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:12 pm

A local shop got in 2 T/Cs, (a Hawken and a Renegade)and I bought both of them. This one is the .54 Renegade. The price was reasonable. Oddly enough the first good muzzleloader I owned was a .54 Renegade that I got in the mid 1970s. I ordered a .58 caliber GM roundball barrel for it from Midway yesterday. I'm thinking about the Hawken Shop triggerguard too.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:51 pm

Ooooo, shiny!

It looks in the pic to be in really good shape.

WCF3030 · Post by **WCF3030** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:08 pm

I've a Renagade in 54 my father gave me.
Awsome rifle.

bigbore442001 · Post by **bigbore442001** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:25 pm

There are a lot of traditional muzzleloaders out there since many are jumping on the inline bandwagon.

I saw an ad for a TC Black Magnum 12 guage smoothbore, new in the box with all the cookies for $225.

Me thinks I will get it. It would be fun to shoot some waterfowl with a muzzleloader.

LeverBob · Post by **LeverBob** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:03 pm

I'm a real fan of the Renegade .54...it's my main M/L. She's a beaut Swampman...she'll get your elk or moose just fine!

LeverBob

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:25 pm

Very nice. I have one in .50 and love the way the Renegade handels.

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:35 pm

i have one just like itand they are great! you know you can get smooth bore .56 cal barrels [i.e. 28 gauge] and even smooth bore 62 cal [i.e. 20 ga.] barrels that will drop right in?
here is a .56 smooth cheap over on the muzzleloading forum [not mine] at a really good price:

http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/pp-cl ... 979/cat/34

homefront · Post by **homefront** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:00 am

Great gun, and caliber. Shoulders the best of all I've handled, very accurate.
I cast for it, too.

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:00 am

Here's my Hawken.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:04 am

Those are some beau-ti-ful smoke poles you gentleman have! Congrats on the new muzzleloader - they are so much fun!

azoil · Post by **azoil** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:10 am

Very Nice!

I have a 54 cal Renegade as well. It shoots awesome and the 54 is a great caliber.

ceb · Post by **ceb** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:24 am

I've owned my .54 for over 25yrs, great rifle, don't look as good as yours though, I bought a new .54cal Green Mountain round ball barrel for it last fall I have yet to shoot. Been in the midst of a major home renovation, going to have to rectify that soon!!

Post by **Hobie** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:52 am

I have a New Englander. The bores of the .54s are pretty much the same. It is a killer RB or conical.

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:24 pm

I wish I could find a clean New Englander in 12 gauge for a reasonable price.

ScottT · Post by **ScottT** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:59 pm

I have one of the TC Big Bore rifles. The .570 diameter ball over 90gr of FFG is a hell of a deer killer.

I replaced the single trigger with a double set and matching trigger guard from a Renegade.

Accurate and powerful without a great deal of recoil. I do wish I had a few more inches of barrel and a 1-72 inch twist though. I think it would do well with 120gr of powder if I had a slower twist.

Post by **Hobie** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:23 pm

Swampman wrote:I wish I could find a clean New Englander in 12 gauge for a reasonable price.

Me, too.

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:54 am

"I do wish I had a few more inches of barrel and a 1-72 inch twist though."

The Green Mountain barrel I ordered from Midway is a 58 Caliber 1" Octagon 1 in 70" Twist 32".

Rebel1972 · Post by **Rebel1972** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:13 am

This one started out as a 54 renegade.I put a 62 caliber long hammock barrel on it and salvaged the patchbox and buttplate from an old markwell arms

AndyM · Post by **AndyM** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:38 am

Nice - I think T/C makes a heck of a nice rifle - I sure hope that continues now the S&W own them.

I have a T/C PA Hunter flintlock carbine in .50 cal. That is a fine gun to shoot.

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:07 pm

Rebel1972 wrote:This one started out as a 54 renegade.I put a 62 caliber long hammock barrel on it and salvaged the patchbox and buttplate from an old markwell arms

I saw a muzzleloader with that very patchbox over the fireplace at the Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee, FL last weekend. I wondered who made it.

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:00 pm

I've got one of those too - only mine's a 50. Great shooters! And I really like the buttplates on these.

It's the one on the bottom (of course):

The other two are CVA mountain rifles - the top was a 54 but is now a 58 (spanish barrel) and the middle yellow one is a 50 - us made/Douglas barrel.

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:42 am

I've been keeping an eye out for one of those CVAs.

ScottT · Post by **ScottT** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:40 am

Swampman wrote:"I do wish I had a few more inches of barrel and a 1-72 inch twist though."

The Green Mountain barrel I ordered from Midway is a 58 Caliber 1" Octagon 1 in 70" Twist 32".

That would certainly do the job. Thanks.

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:37 pm

Wow! My .58 caliber Green Mountain barrel came today. It looks like you could drive a bus down the bore. That am one big hole. I was afraid it would be heavy, but the balance is real nice.

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