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Joken - What size groups are you getting at 100 yards and with what powder and charge?I shoot the 385 Hornady and its a killer.
Joken - What size groups are you getting at 100 yards and with what powder and charge?
I shoot Remington 700 and am good with a paper plate sized group. I just haven't ever made the time to try and improve it. I shoot 110gr of FF. Your groups are impressive. I have a miniball mold that I might have to try.
I'm fairly new to muzzle loading, last season late elk muzzle loader being my first. I was walking into a clear cut when a cow elk stepped out from some brush and walked directly in front of me across the clear cut at 160+ yards. There was no way for me to get any closer undetected. I want to develop a load that can take elk at that range. I want to shoot a paper plate size group at 160 yards with enough power to kill an elk.
I'm not sure that 90 grains of Pyrodex behind a Minie ball will get me where I want to be, and the group opened up to 8 inches with 110 grains of Pyrodex powder.
So I'm going to continue to pursue the 385 gr 50 cal. Great Plains bullet. At 50 yards I shot 3/8" group with 100 grains of powder, 1/4" group with 120 grains of powder, and 1/2" group with 150 grains of Pyrodex. The 150 grain load was brutal to shoot.
So far, at 100 yards I'm getting between 2 1/2" to 4" groups with 90 grains to 130 grains of Pyrodex RS powder. I'll let you know how it goes with 130 grains to 150 grains of powder at 100 yards.[/QUO
What rifle are you using?
I'm fairly new to muzzle loading, last season late elk muzzle loader being my first. I was walking into a clear cut when a cow elk stepped out from some brush and walked directly in front of me across the clear cut at 160+ yards. There was no way for me to get any closer undetected. I want to develop a load that can take elk at that range. I want to shoot a paper plate size group at 160 yards with enough power to kill an elk.
I'm not sure that 90 grains of Pyrodex behind a Minie ball will get me where I want to be, and the group opened up to 8 inches with 110 grains of Pyrodex powder.
So I'm going to continue to pursue the 385 gr 50 cal. Great Plains bullet. At 50 yards I shot 3/8" group with 100 grains of powder, 1/4" group with 120 grains of powder, and 1/2" group with 150 grains of Pyrodex. The 150 grain load was brutal to shoot.
So far, at 100 yards I'm getting between 2 1/2" to 4" groups with 90 grains to 130 grains of Pyrodex RS powder. I'll let you know how it goes with 130 grains to 150 grains of powder at 100 yards.
Tac - I'll not ignore you as I enjoy a good healthy discussion.Unless you are built like Mr P Bunyan, I'm amazed that you could stand up after shooting 130gr load of Pyrodex - the equivalent of over 150gr of BP of the same grade, let alone 150gr - the equivalent of almost 170gr of BP of the same grade.
That opening-up of your group with the larger load is telling you something, or rather, it should be. Most people I know of in the USA shoot 90gr or less, and still get results, but it is my opinion, and therefore worthless, that shooting live game at 160 yards with a muzzleloading firearm that has a trajectory like a rainbow is unsporting in the extreme.
Please feel free to push that ignore button on me if you care to.
tac