TC Renegade
 

Is the TC Renegade a good BP rifle? I may have an opportunity to purchase a slightly used one. I believe it has a 26 inch barrel. Is that too short for traditional BP. Is the 1-48 twist undesirable?

cantremembermyid

The Renegade is my all time favorite sidehammer gun. The shorter barrell and the 1/48 twist work very well for a ML. I have shot sabots and conicals from mine guns and it shoots them very well.

If this gun you are looking at is the older Renegade with a set trigger - I would jump all over it if the price were right.

Great rifle... Like Sabotloader said, one of my favorite also. I own three of them. All of them shoot very well.

I have three also, and I'm not giving them up. Fine rifles.

Yep, they are good ones ,I have 4 of em, 2 .54 flintlocks and 2 caplocks ( 1 .54 and 1 .50)
Plus an extra .54 caplock barrel that is looking for a new to me stock to call home

The 54 caliber Renegade is the best all around traditional for hunting and fun shooting.

How about with a patched roundball?
 

Thank you all for your comments.

Does anyone have experience with patched roundballs with the Renegade's 1-48 twist? I would like to use roundball in the Renegade.

I have two also,bought my first one back in the 70s. great gun.

My guns is in .58 cal. and shoots the PRB better then conicals. I am shooting my round balls with a .018" pillow ticking patch and get the best grouping with 85 grs. of Goex ffg. Just recently I have finally found a nice conical to shoot in this gun. It is the Lee Miniball. I am shooting it with .95 grs. of Goex ffg.

I use a pillow ticking patch and bore-butter lube with a .535 ball and 110 gr of powder stops most deer in there tracks.Excellent accuracy out to 150 with my 54's about 80 yds with the 45 and 100+ with the 50 caliber.

my .54 renegade likes 90g vol T7-3F over powder bore button .530 RB in pillowtick patch set off with either musket cap or #11 remington cap....karl

OUCH! How many times can you shoot that thing at the range without frothing at the mouth and cursing to the heavens? LoL