Hello from Oklahoma

[OKBushcraft]

Hello all.
I am thankful for this forum. I am learning as much as I can. I literally picked a T/C Renegade Hawkin out of a trash cart a year ago. Looks to be a kit gun with parts missing which I have sourced from various internet auctions and websites. I cleaned the rifle this last weekend, replaced the nipple and gave it it's maiden shot. I
shot it a number of times and after being confident it would not blow up I allowed my teenaged sons to start shooting it. It was a wonderful father sons experience. Looking forward to learning as much as I can from the forum. All the best, John.

 

[paul harm]

Years ago I bought one from a guy walking around a gun show. Gave him $80 and now it's my granddaughters favorite gun for deer hunting. She shoots a 530 RB and 80grs of two or three F, I can''t remember. They are good guns and shoot great. You didn't say what you're shooting. The RB has way less kick than a Maxie ball. Your kids will like shooting the RB . You just have to wipe between shots. You can use the same patch over and over before you have to throw it away. Just put a little spit on it the first time and nothing there after. You can get 10 or 15 shots before it's thrown away. Good luck. .

 

[arcticap]

Welcome to the THR Black Powder forum OKBushcraft.
I'd sure would like to see what this TC looks like that someone would discard.
You called it a Renegade Hawken because you completed it using a mixture of parts?
Can you give us any details about what you needed to do to get it shooting?
What components did you load it with, powder & lube type, patch & ball size, and how were your results?

 

[Shortgrub]

Howdy from Kentucky. Nothin like the smell of sulfur in the morning. Enjoy

 

[4v50 Gary]

Welcome. If you want to learn about firearms history, go no further than the 45th Infantry Division Museum (Thunderbirds) in OKC. Admission if free!

 

[OKBushcraft]

Years ago I bought one from a guy walking around a gun show. Gave him $80 and now it's my granddaughters favorite gun for deer hunting. She shoots a 530 RB and 80grs of two or three F, I can''t remember. They are good guns and shoot great. You didn't say what you're shooting. The RB has way less kick than a Maxie ball. Your kids will like shooting the RB . You just have to wipe between shots. You can use the same patch over and over before you have to throw it away. Just put a little spit on it the first time and nothing there after. You can get 10 or 15 shots before it's thrown away. Good luck. .

I am so new all information is helpful.
My sons are truly enjoying this. Asking to shoot more.

 

[OKBushcraft]

Welcome to the THR Black Powder forum OKBushcraft.
I'd sure would like to see what this TC looks like that someone would discard.
You called it a Renegade Hawken because you completed it using a mixture of parts?
Can you give us any details about what you needed to do to get it shooting?
What components did you load it with, powder & lube type, patch & ball size, and how were your results?

I know it's a T/C Renegade and assumed the name Hawkin. So, it's a T/C Renegade, my mistake.
I had to put estruchens and screws on, my 14 year old took them out of their packaging had that job done before I got back to the work area. Good boy.
I also bought a clean out screw, nipples, the old was in bad shape.
Then I needed the basics,. 490 balls, patches, lube, ball starter, powder measurer, caps, powder. I used pyrodex-forget the brand.
We took it down and gave it a hot soapy bath afterwards and a good drying and oiling.
I'll take pics this weekend.
Thank you

 

[OKBushcraft]

Welcome. If you want to learn about firearms history, go no further than the 45th Infantry Division Museum (Thunderbirds) in OKC. Admission if free!

I've not been there yet, I have been to the Davis gun museum in Claremore Oklahoma, I put up a video on my YouTube channel last year. Poor quality vid but we had a great time.
I want to return and study the frontier gunsmith exhibit in more detail. It has a man powered rifling table and such.

 

[OKBushcraft]

Here's a link to that poor quality video of the Jim Davis gun museum.