TC Renegade Shooting Eratic

[sduve]

Lots of great suggestions here. I have several friends who ocassionally shot ml and I will pass this thread on to them for a good start.

 

[cayugad]

This is out of my 25 year old Renegade. At one time this rifle could not hit the side of a barn. As roundball was saying, I took that rifle back to bare metal, and I mean clean. And I have kept it that way ever since.

An easy way to tighten your wedge to check it, is with duct tape. I wrap a small piece through the barrel wedge eye and then the pin fits much tighter. It is important to keep that barrel snug.

I own four Renegades and a couple Hawkins .. all Thompson Center rifles, and everyone of them is an exceptional shooter with roundball...

 

[bpbrs]

Clean clean clean :bow:

I quite using yellow lube as a seasoner. The idea your barrel is to be seasoned like a cast iron pan is not a good one.

CI pots and pans have a rough surface. Seasoning fills those imprefections up to keep food from sticking.



I had to lap a 45 barrel this year & she brought it right in on target.

50 yards offhand 13 shots fired in

 

[roundball]

I quite using yellow lube as a seasoner.

I agree that NL1000 should not be allowed to build up in bores and have a very vigorous cleaning procedure to ensure that doesn't happen to mine...but I still use NL1000 exclusively for a lube as it's an excellent one.

I just keep it cleaned out of the bores after every use so it can't build up, using steaming hot soapy water and a couple dozen quick strokes with a bore brush every time...keeps the bores at the bare raw metal factory condition...accuracy remains superb in all of them