Help me get started with my .54 TC Renegade
I have several questions here, thanks in advance for any help.
I've had this gun for a while now and never shot it, or any other ML for that matter. I want to start shooting it some and work up a hunting load. I would like to cast boolits for it. Would any of these molds work:
1. .45-70 450 gr flat nose mold
2. .490 round ball
3. .45 minie 298 gr
I guess I would need to use several patches to get any of these to work. Is there any problem with that?
What bullet would you all recommend for the best accuracy?
I have some triple 7 powder.
How often do I need to clean the barrel? Can I shoot 10 shots or so without cleaning? And when I do clean, is just a quick few passes with a patch fine if I am going to be shooting more that day?
Also, There is this gap behind my barrel. Is this normal? What should I do to fix it if it needs fixing?
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Looks like it was taken apart
The Breach Plug on my TC has absolutley NO Daylight between it and the barrel. It is flush on all sides and wont even hang a silk stocking going over it. Aboout as perfect fit as you could get short of having a billett
Someone may have messed with your breachplug and cross threaded it going back in.
I would send it to Thompson Cent and have them rebuild it.
Get rid of that #11 nipple and replace it with a Musket Cap Nipple and use Musket Caps. Work much better during deer season when its 20 below zero and freesing rain.
Then. 100 grains of FF and a cotton patch with 50% Beeswax/50% Crisco on it and a soft lead roundball.
Have fun.
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