Hunter06FlKy

i got out and shot my renegade today. I was shooting a .530 cal ball over a wonder wad and 70 gr. of 2f 777. we did all of our shooting at 50 yards and got it sighted in for about 2.5-3 in. high. my last two shots were about that high right next to each other. my question is... shouldn't i be about right on at 100 yards??? i wouldn've shot at that distance but we didn't have time due to time constraints.

Triple Se7en

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cayugad

You should be pushing about 1600 fps with that roundball, give or take a few fps. If you're 2-3" high at 50 yards, I would guess you to be about right on to 1" low at 100 yards. The only real way to know is to get to a range and shoot.

The danger with guessing is I've seen these roundballs do some strange things. I was shooting my Mountain Stalker CVA 1:48 twist .54 caliber that was dead on at 50 yards. I was shooting 80 grains of 777 2f a wonder wad and a patched roundball. When I backed up to 70 yards, I was still dead on. I never could figure that out.

If you get a chance, try and shoot at 100 yards. I think you should be right in the ball park. At 100 yards I would aim for the center of the kill zone, that way if it drops a little no problem. If it holds true and tight all the better..

Hunter06FlKy

thanks cayugad. i'm going to try and get out before the season starts but i'm not sure i'll be able to fit it in.

in other news i'm loving this 777. i just cleaned my muzzy in 15 min. it only took 4 folded patches before they started coming out clean its awesome. it took longer to get the powder residue from around the lock than to clean the barrel. just in case you're wondering we probably fired somewhere around 30 shots and i ran 2-3 patches through it during all of that.

cayugad

I have four of the .54 caliber Renegades. They have to be one of my favorite of all rifles. They are a meat and potatoes rifle. Everyone of them shoot excellent. WhatI like about them is with the addition of Green Mountain Barrels, I can make the Renegade into a shotgun, and even a long range 1:28 barrel. As well as a .58 caliber roundball shooter with 1-70 twist.

The Renegade will shoot conicals, roundball, and even sabots. All you have to do is experiment with some of the different projectiles out there. They really are an amazing rifle.

Hunter06FlKy

have you by any chance tried the remington coreloct sabots in a renegade. the ones i have are a 54 cal sabot and a 303 .45 cal bullet. they seem like they would perform well but i'm not so sure that the slow rate of twist would stabilize them.

cayugad

No I have not tried them. If you want some good sabot/proejctile combinations get a hold of Sabotloader. He was shooting sabots out of his .54 caliber Renegade. I think he was using the Nosler sabots but I forget which projectile. Anyway he was really laying them in there with his Renegade..

Sharp Shooter

I would help you out but you only want Cayugad's help. I happen to shoot the same rifle with the same projectile. Oh well

Hunter06FlKy

i wasn't meaning to only single out cayugad for help but he had been helping me ever since i got the rifle. i didn't mean to give any disrespect. any help from anyone would be appreciated.