I have a Renegade 50 1/48 that use to shoot PRB's really well - well for me that is... then I started my quest to make it shoot better. I started checking patches and changing patches, changing rear sights, changing powder - even went back to GOEX, BUT - I/it was shooting terrible.

So this weekend I changed everything back the way it was... I even promissed myself I was not going to look @ patches - just the results....

When I got to the farm I walked out what I thought was close to 75 yards. I forgot to take the range finder out with me so I gave it a real good 75 yard guess. I set up 6 clay pigeons in the snow, walked back to the truck put a target on the shot board walk out to 25 yards ( had the laser this time) and set the target up. Oh, another thing the wind was blowing fairly stongly which i was really hating...

Loaded the first round.... 70 grains T7-2f, Wool wad, .015 Cotton Patch and a .490 Speer Round ball. Went to my bench and I thought I would shoot a fouling round before working on the target. I picked a clay pigeon and took the shot - the dang thing desinegrated - it was gone! What the heck loaded up again, and again - and I kept breaking them - got all six - I AM A HAPPY CAMPER- all is well in the world... Never even bothered to shoot the target, and I did laser the pigeons my 75 yards was actually 82 yards.

I did see and pick up two patches on the way out.... they didn't look like new and I could not run them through the wash machine and use them again but I do not care... The gun shot and shot well - I think I am ready for that first Rhondy shoot...

Patches...



Now I can move on to the next challenge - Lehighs

Good shooting... and those patches look real good. The shredded ends are not a concern. What you want to watch is burnt and blown centers. 82 yards is good shooting on clay birds..

Rarely do my patches look like that. Often times burnt/ripped.

Well I have a friend that shoots a Traditions St. Louis Hawkin. And his patches look terrible, all blown apart, and the worst I have seen. BUT his accuracy is exceptional with the rifle. And as I told him if the accuracy is there, don't worry about the patches. We don't pick them up or eat them. So they indicate a problem, but with his accuracy there is no problem to me.

I get what I consider good accuracy out of my Lyman at 100 yds with PRB & Pyrodex. So I have kinda ignored the "problem"!

Good shooting,glad to see it's back in shape.

Nice job sabotloader, six fewer clay pigeons to foul statues in the park. Were those patches dry or lubed?

Good job with your renegade. Did you ever try any of cecils lead bullets in it? (Elites)

Grouse45

No, I have never shot any of his bullets... I got a pack of something of his here but never shot em.... I have shot a lot of different sabot/bullet combinations from Renegades though and a ton of Dan's Bull Shops.

I have a Rene with a re-barreled GM-LRH - during Idaho's ML seaso nthat is what I use with a 460 grain Bull Shop.... deadly on whitetail.

Semi

They were OX Yoke Pre-lubed + I put some secret mixture on them that an old timer from Troy gave me - It is turquoise blur and super secret - but he swears it works...

The wonder wad between the patch and the powder was a Wonder Wad pre-lubed with BB.



They do look like I could use them over again. The black spot in the middle is not really burnt - it is granuals of un-bunrt powder. So the T7 is definetly not over-heating the assembly...

It certainly was fun and felt good to have it shoot that well.... now the real test will come April 5 @ a muzzy shoot...

I did knock the poop out of those bird though... gosh it was fun