.58 GMB renegade

[k]

someone on another site posted that TOW had .58 GM barrels in stock so i didn't waste any time and jumped on it.this is the 1"wide 1/70" 32",i started with 90g vol. 2f goex-t/c precut patch lubed with lehigh valley lube and speer .570 ball.this loaded very easy.at 25yds. it hit 4" low and left of the bull.as that one seemed a little loose i tried two prelubed .010 ox-yoke originals patches,these pushed in hard with the starter but went down nice after that.3 shots grouped 2"at 25yds. about 1" low and strung out horz.next i setup at 50yds.and shot one round that was 4" low.so i made my first sight adj. and also upped the goex to 100g vol.sent another downrange that hit 1 1/2" low but center of bull.left the sights alone and sent 3 more at the target.my 4 shot group on this brand new barrel was 1 3/4" :lol: :lol: :lol: for me shooting open sights i can't shoot my.22 much better.i'm thinkin my poor inlines are gonna be lonely come deer season.......karl

 

[Semisane]

Congrats on the purchase Karl, and your quick action. Those barrels they released didn't last long, did they?

i'm thinkin my poor inlines are gonna be lonely come deer season.......karl

I know how you feel. I'm pretty sure my first deer of the 2010 season will be taken with my .58. Dem tings is FUN!

 

[k]

they didn't last long,i checked the next day and they were allready gone.this year will be mostly sidelocks which will include my only other GMB a .50 1/70" on my TC hawken rocklock........karl

 

[cayuga]

My barrel likes 110 grains of 2f Goex powder and a .018 patch with a .570 ball. Although Semisane sent me some .575 ball and I tried them. They shot as good as the store bought. That load would clean the house of any whitetail it comes into contact with.

When you can shoot a group like that out of the box.. you got a heck of a barrel there. NICE SHOOTING

 

[58hawken]

I have the same barrel, only I shoot 3F out of it. I have it in a Hawken stock. I replaced the blued thimbles with original T/C brass thimbles. I also put on the brass sling studs. It's a nice shooting rilfe. One of my favorites.

 

[doulos]

I got the same barre and put it in a renegade stock and use the same load as cayuga. Since i started using that gun Ive had a .58 cal Hawken built and my inlines see alot of safe time too.