Very nice rifle! On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 8:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Last weekend we went to "The Ancient Ones of Maine" gun show. Its mostly > focused on primitive or at least old timey guns. I had a bad time with my > modern in-line muzzle loader last fall during hunting season. Any snow or > rain that got anywhere near it would wet the powder and wet powder doesn't > work. I decided I'd invest in an old timey side-lock gun, my 16ga shotgun > is a side lock and I carried it through a rainy turkey season last year > with no wet powder so apparently I know how to make side lock guns stay dry. > There were a bunch of good candidates at the show, I went in wanting a 54 > caliber or larger. Theres no particular reason for that, the .45s I already > have would be adequate but go big or go home right? > Finally found this: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/ > 4713/39622927395_a2e72a0d88_b.jpgits a Thompson Center Renegade, I paid > $165. I don't think its been shot much, theres very little powder staining > on the stock and the bore is perfect. The Renegade is in the half stock > style popularized by the Hawken brothers in the 1820s or so and commonly > referred to with their name. TC made two similar models, the Hawken and > Renegade, the latter being more plain with iron hardware, little engraving > and no patch box. > I really like it, the stock is fat and fits me well, it points good and > has good sights. I haven't shot it yet but I also scored several hundred > maxi-ball type bullets. This gun has a 1:48 twist rate which is fast enough > to stabilize a conical bullet but will still handle a round ball reasonably > well. The big bullets should do a number on deer and it we get a chance to > hunt moose again this would be my gun of choice. > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
