Is there a diff in the two ,and when did they change over

If they only still made things and built them like they used to.......some times change is good, other times it get's cheaper and worse, that's the way it is!
(BP)

04jeep

There is a difference, the older models came with double triggers - a set trigger and firing trigger, the newer models only had the one trigger.

If you really want to talk about older Renegades - the older one even came with big time major manufactured barrels.... then later TC started building their own barrels.

The older Renegades have double triggers, normally a steel butt plate, and were offered in calibers from .45-.58 Big Bore calibers. The newer model Renegade Hunter has a single trigger, sometimes you find a padded butt plate, and they came in .50-.54 but then only .50 caliber. Both are good rifles and the single trigger on most of them is excellent.

How do you tell the type of barrel t/c made and other make ?

04jeep

If you take the barrel out of the stock and look neer the under-lug - sometimes you will see and an 'ace of spades' character or ??? another symbol and it escapes me now these are not TC barrels... If no characters are there it is probably a TC barrel

Cayugad will probably remember the other barrels...

I think the newer models had a faster rate of twist for shooting conicals. The older model was 1:48.

The single trigger Hunter model had a higher comb on the stock to accomodate scopes. For some folks it's not an easy stock to shoot open sights with because the high comb interferes with getting the head into postion and then it can really whack the cheek.

If the barrel has a K stamped on it.. that means it came from a kit. Nothing wrong mind you, as long as the person that did the bluing or browning of the barrel knew what they were doing. I have seen some real nightmare jobs of browning barrels.

In there early years, there actually was a 1-66 twist offered. These were the Douglas barrels I believe. Then they went to the standard 1-48 and have stayed that way. There was shallow and deep rifling models, but I have no idea how to tell the difference in them from a serial number. I think Thompson Center could tell you.

Overall the Renegade is a work horse rifle. They shoot about anything. Mine are all .54 caliber. I shoot roundball out of them and have never had to really worry on deer. Mine also shoot maxiball and REAL conicals well too. My friends mostly shoot my REAL conicals (free bullets you know) but I still stay with roundball for the most part.