tc renegade from parts, with a GMB 45cal lrh barrel

[corey012778]

. I very pleased how it came up. still need to get a recoil pad and find one screw lol.

GMB SS 45cal barrel. 1-30 twist.
lock, trigger, and trigger guard off fleebay
tang and smaller parts from online stores.
finish one coat of minwax ebony. 3 coats of polyurethane
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[johnson1942]

one to be proud of and have fun with. what kind of bullet will it shoot?

[corey012778]

I am going to try sabots, I am casting for the 40s&w, so I have some to play with, I have have two lee minie molds, one in 454 290, lube and paper patched, and a 449 290 mold paper patched. also have a lee real in 45. I have some options.

[johnson1942]

i think idaho ron has a gun just like that. he has great success with paper patch. it should be a good deer gun and be very accurate. i put a douglas .45 barrel on my renagade and it probably is my best shooter.

[smoked turkey]

corey012778 nice work. Sounds like you had a plan and worked it until you had what you wanted. Those are shooters and I expect you will have a load of fun with it. It did come together nicely.

[corey012778]

I did have a plan, but one part did not come out as planned, I was going to be a l&r lock on it it. but oped for a lock found on fleebay. found out the seller bought a lock for a project he was working on and dropped. may send him a few pics of mine.

[johnson1942]

i have bought a lot of parts for renagades and tc hawkens off of ebay and i just put them in a box for future projects. i can polish their triggers and even use their locks and they never fail me. tangs and butt plates are other things i look for good prices on. ebay has them weekly for sale.

[corey012778]

I did a complete inspection of the lock when it came it, looked brand new. learned my lesson from the cva build I did a few years ago. bought a lock, it was trashed, parts keep breaking. broke down and put a l&r on it., have not got it out yet. I have some fine tuning to do on it.

[DIRT Farmer]

I did a simular project, but used a GM 1/18 45 barrel. It will shoot. I PP the lyman 439-186. It is slightly undersize but with 80 grns of ffg Goex under a felt wad is well within minuite of deer at 200.

[idahoron]

Corey, The RCBS 11mm rifle bullet shoots great out of those barrels. Ron

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Muzzleloaders/RCBS11mm405gr446.jpg

[corey012778]

I have a lee 446 290 mold my wife picked up at a auction I am going to try. I have no idea what they guy was shooting out of, if it is an custom or a out of production mold. have a few PP going to do more as some time.

[corey012778]

boolit I am planning on using. it is a improved minie
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[Fly]

I love this thread.I also love the hot rod T/C Ron did.It is so much fun playing with these
rifles, getting all you can out of them.

Fly

[idahoron]

I have a lee 446 290 mold my wife picked up at a auction I am going to try. I have no idea what they guy was shooting out of, if it is an custom or a out of production mold. have a few PP going to do more as some time.

I have another .446 mould and I didn't have any luck with it yet. I tried the Minie and they shot very well but I sized them down to .446 and they weighed 315 gr I think. Once I shot the RCBS 11mm bullets the thought of any other bullet left my mind. Ron

[idahoron]

I love this thread.I also love the hot rod T/C Ron did.It is so much fun playing with these
rifles, getting all you can out of them.

Fly

Thanks, My Hot Rod Hawken is my favorite rifle right now since my 50 has a broken stock. My son had an accident when we were deer hunting and I am redoing a stock. Anyway, shooting this Hawken is like shooting the Renegade. I just know where the bullets will hit. I dug out an old Renegade that I hadn't shot in a number of years to kill my elk this year.
I have said for a long time that if TC would have made a Hot Rod Hawken and Renegade there never would have been inlines. Ron

[Ken 45LC]

Corey, is that GMB new production? I wanted a stainless barrel, and called a few places, but haven't found anyone making them in stainless yet. I was trying to find a staight stainless oct 45 barrel with a 1:66 twist, or something similiar for RB.

Thanks,
Ken

[corey012778]

I got the barrel on sale at GMB's web site. they do 1-70twist. have not seen a stainless in that type of twist in that twist