Loving my TC Renegade .54. Big Bertha is a shooter!

[Bob L.]

I just acquired a new to me TC Renegade in .54 cal. I was checking powder charges to see what it likes at 100 yards with Bullshop 460 grain Lyman GP conicals with a .58 cal wool wad. Basically shoots as good as I can see with globe and rear peep at 100 yards.
85 grains by volume of Old E, rws 1075 plus caps, .58 cal lubed wool wad and bullshop Lyman GP .542” 460 grainers.
My first sidelock and really enjoy the simplicity and cleaning seems easier and quicker than my inlines.

 

[deermanok]

Nice shooting.

 

[edmehlig]

How was the recoil?

 

[Fatbear13017]

Nice shot placement, I have a TC Renegade in .54 cal as well but with iron sights with old man eyes. Might be time for me to upgrade my sights to something you got there. do you happen to know the manufacturer of that rear peep sight on your Renegade?

 

[smokepolehall]

Seems some of us have these shoulder thumpers. Once i pass 80 gr. of T7 2f mine goes to telling me , hang on old fat man were going to rock !

 

[Bob L.]

How was the recoil?

85 was significant and hurt my cheek bone a little bit

 

[Frank in Fairfield]

The Renegade stock is not designed to be used on a bench.
Not this one either:

 

[Bad Karma]

Nice shot placement, I have a TC Renegade in .54 cal as well but with iron sights with old man eyes. Might be time for me to upgrade my sights to something you got there. do you happen to know the manufacturer of that rear peep sight on your Renegade?

Looks like a Williams FoolProof.

 

[Bob L.]

Seems some of us have these shoulder thumpers. Once i pass 80 gr. of T7 2f mine goes to telling me , hang on old fat man were going to rock !

85 woke me up

 

[Bob L.]

Nice shot placement, I have a TC Renegade in .54 cal as well but with iron sights with old man eyes. Might be time for me to upgrade my sights to something you got there. do you happen to know the manufacturer of that rear peep sight on your Renegade?

Williams FP Hawken rear peep and Lyman front globe with a lee shavers thin cross hair is my sight setup.

 

[Fatbear13017]

Looks like a Williams FoolProof.

Yep, your are correct, I just found it on the web..Williams FP-Hawken Receiver mounted rear peep sight with target knobs - 1342. Ochocos Outdoors list them for $79.00

 

[Fatbear13017]

Williams FP Hawken rear peep and Lyman front globe with a lee shavers thin cross hair is my sight setup.

Excellent! Thanks for the info.

 

[smokepolehall]

I remember my first one of these. Used a maxi conical and a learning curve started . Put 120 gr of Goex n got a nasty cheek bone hit. Second shot same thing. Third time dang thing bloodied my nose ! I dropped to 100 gr having learned my lesson.

 

[deermanok]

I have two 54's. TC Thunderhawk and a CVA Missouri.
Mostly round ball out of each gun. I went as high as 90 grains volume powder charge for each. The recoil wasn't bad considering the balls only weigh 230 grains. I don't think I'll be using any heavy lead conicals anytime soon. Lol

 

[4stringdude]

I love my 54 Cal Renegade. It is a thumper, but it's also a shooter. I put a lot of venison in the deep freeze with that rifle. I always used 80 grains Pyrodex RS with a 425 grain Maxi-ball.

 

[WP79Vet]

I just acquired a new to me TC Renegade in .54 cal. I was checking powder charges to see what it likes at 100 yards with Bullshop 460 grain Lyman GP conicals with a .58 cal wool wad. Basically shoots as good as I can see with globe and rear peep at 100 yards.
85 grains by volume of Old E, rws 1075 plus caps, .58 cal lubed wool wad and bullshop Lyman GP .542” 460 grainers.
My first sidelock and really enjoy the simplicity and cleaning seems easier and quicker than my inlines.

I like my .50 cal Renegade FAR better than any of the inlines I've owned - to the point that I'm giving all of my inlines to my son. I also find the Renegade much easier to clean.

 

[Hanshi]

The only .54 I own is a US M1841 "Mississippi" rifle. Recoil is dampened by it's 10.5 lbs weight. But with prb it is a precision shooter. I've fired it a bit with 110 grains of 3F and a 230 grn patched ball. I also used that load on deer with spectacular results. I stopped hunting 7 years ago so it's been a long time since I took the rifle into the woods. The weight usually tended to make me leave it at home and grab something lighter.

By far the most used load in this .54 is 60 grains of 3F which is very accurate and a powderpuff load. Velocity is around 1250 (+ or -).

 

[Fatbear13017]

The only .54 I own is a US M1841 "Mississippi" rifle. Recoil is dampened by it's 10.5 lbs weight. But with prb it is a precision shooter. I've fired it a bit with 110 grains of 3F and a 230 grn patched ball. I also used that load on deer with spectacular results. I stopped hunting 7 years ago so it's been a long time since I took the rifle into the woods. The weight usually tended to make me leave it at home and grab something lighter.

By far the most used load in this .54 is 60 grains of 3F which is very accurate and a powderpuff load. Velocity is around 1250 (+ or -).

Like your quote "Young guys should hang out with old guys; old guys know stuff" is so true. At 62 years old and shoot'in for some time now, I'll meet an old timer in their 70's or 80's that will teach me a thing or two.