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    How many leave sidelock half cocked

    I hunt in a ground blind a good part of the time,and this year is my first with a muzzleloader.I've hunted two days so far in the blind with the TC renegade on my lap fully cocked.Trouble is,it's a right hand rifle with a TC tang peep sight,and I'm left handed.I can't cock it safely with my left...
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    Bullet suggestion

    Try hard to find that book!I bought mine 25 years ago for 5 bucks,but it might go for $50-$100 now.It has lots of info on that type of rifle with lots of photos and is worth reading over and over!My favorite book after the Bible! Very possibly you'll find that rifle used a patched picket or...
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    Green Mountain replacement barrels

    I bet you're gonna love that barrel!I'm using 110 grains of GOEX Ffg under a Hornady .535 ball with a TC .015 lubed patch,and a CCI cap.Shoots into one hole at 50 yards,and 1 1/2" group at 100 yards.My rifle liked every charge from 80-110 grains,but not 120 grains as much.I find it very helpful...
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    Brass Barrels

    About 25 years ago a fellow I worked with asked me if I would clean up an antique muzzleloader for him and replace a missing hammer.I took it home,ordered a hammer from Dixie,and cleaned it up without altering the patina.It was a Potsdam sappers (I think) musket with a .72 bronze barrel, Civil...
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    Clean barrel suggestions?

    Sam Fadala in his book,"Blackpowder Book",writes about "dressing the bore". This is the wiping of the bore with a dry patch after loading,but before capping or priming.I took a new rifle to the range today,and shot a number of groups from a cleaned barrel. These groups, at 50 yards,measured 1...
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    Back to muzzleloading

    I found this forum while shopping for my first ML in 30 years.Here is the help I need!Well,after reading Ned Robert's book "The Muzzleloading Caplock Rifle" a 100 times and a look here,I just ordered a TC Renegade and a GM 72" twist .54 cal. barrel for it.I really need the shotgun style butt...
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