flintlock hunters

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2016/01/04 22:00:55 (permalink)

flintlock hunters

I have T/C renegade that I am thinking about putting a peep on. Anyone here use them? What are your thoughts? I have shot a few deer with the open sights,but it is getting harder to use them as I get older,but I do love that gun.  sam
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    Big Tuna
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    Re: flintlock hunters 2016/01/05 02:46:33 (permalink)
    I have T/C Renegade also,it had the blade sight on it and I was a poor to bad shot with it but did kill several deer simply because there where so many deer to shoot at then. When PGC allowed sights to be changed I put a quality true glow type sight on it,and it made a huge difference.   I've killed a deer every year I hunted  since then with 1 or 2 chances. But due to lack deer and early season success I've not hunted since 13-14 season.  My uncle shot a peep on a rifle and loved it. It would be an improvement over iron sight. I love my big bore .54 also the change in slug over patch
     balls made a big difference. I bought 25 boxes of T/C maxi balls for a $1.00 a box before they where legal at a going out of business sale. Now they don't even make them.
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    Re: flintlock hunters 2016/01/05 06:40:08 (permalink)
    I had the same problem with my Lancaster, then a friend told me to put a piece of black tape with a small hole on my glasses to make my eye focus and sure enough it was a high aid in seeing both sights! Later I added a Lyman peepsight on the rear and a glow pin on the front and solved all my eye problems. I still prefer a .54 ball and patch but of course that what my Lancaster is designed. to shoot.
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    Re: flintlock hunters 2016/01/05 08:30:16 (permalink)
    Put peeps on two rifles some years back when I started having ' issues' seeing my open sights. Especially the somewhat blurry rear sight.
    One Black powder and a conventional rifle.
    They 'may' have helped in a very short run but soon was off with them too.
    Seems that when my back sight was a bit blurry- the peep  in time blurred too.
    Nice try but ya cant beat mother nature and age. lol.
     Eventually put scopes on everything -that did the trick- cept one gun.
    One thing I still use at 50 or so is  a  true glow sight with 2 bright green on the rear and a red on the front Seems even when the rear blurs ya can pick out the bright green easily- Have it mounted a bit further forward on the black powder barrel too for a bit more clarity.
    A friend with a similar issue used a red dot on a black powder with a self imposed 50 yard rule.- tried his at the range and it was fine.
    Gotta learn to roll with the years- lol.
    post edited by r3g3 - 2016/01/05 08:40:40
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    Re: flintlock hunters 2016/01/05 19:34:53 (permalink)
    +1 on the tru-glo sights. Line the 3 dots up and put the red one on the target. Also found if you triangulate your dots you can shoot at various distances.
     
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    Re: flintlock hunters 2016/01/06 09:12:45 (permalink)
    But are truglow sights now legal in PA. traditional flinklock season? I used buckhorn and blade sights on my Lancaster with the electrical tape trick on my glasses with some  good results.
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    Re: flintlock hunters 2016/01/06 13:01:42 (permalink)
    Yea they have been legal for quite a while just like conical maxi ball and sabots. 
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    Re: flintlock hunters 2016/01/06 13:35:47 (permalink)
    Flintlock Muzzleloader Season: Only single-barrel long-guns .44 caliber or larger, or hanguns .50 caliber or larger with a flintlock ignition system. The firearm must be an original or reproduction of a gun used prior to 1800, with iron, open "V" or notched sights (fiber-optic inserts are permitted). A flintlock ignition system consists of a hammer containing a naturally-occurring stone which is spring-propelled onto an iron or steel frizzen, which, in turn, creates sparks to ignite a gunpowder. Flintlock muzzleloader hunters may use "any single projectile," including sabots, and mini and maxi balls.
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