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Old 07-27-2010, 07:31 PM   #1
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Default Triple 7 vs. Shockey Gold
Spent a couple of hours Saturday sighting in the scope I had remounted on my T/C Encore 209x50. Started with some Shockey Gold that I had left over. Got good groups soon with little effort, then decided to chronograph the load. I was using 120 gr. (by volume) with a 300 gr. BT bullet with sabots from Precision which I had used before with good results in my gun. The load only chronographed about 1500 fps. I decided to try an equal load of Triple 7 and got velocities of about 1920 fps! My groups printed about 2 inches higher at 100 yards with the Triple 7, but still got good groups. With just some scope adjustment for elevation, I soon had the gun shooting right where I wanted it in preparation for an Arizona muzzleloader hunt for elk that I have drawn in Area 22 South in late September. The Shockey Gold produced significantly less fouling as advertised, but for a hunt where I may have shots in excess of 200 yards, I am not going to sacrifice 400+ fps and a flatter trajectory for some cleaning or reloading convenience!
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That's pretty typical of my experience with JSG vs. T7 Doc. JSG has it's uses for me (plinking & playing) but the price is too high for what it is. However, I'll buy every canister I can get if I find a really good sale.
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That is a 25 percent deficiency and that's what I had to when I used it and besides that I had several cans that would not group, brand new cans now I do not trust the stuff, besides being anemic some is just plain bad.
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Old 07-28-2010, 08:30 AM   #4
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send me a can or 2 of the bad powder and i'll give it a test
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Old 07-28-2010, 10:55 AM   #5
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send me a can or 2 of the bad powder and i'll give it a test

What would you do that Lee didn't?
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What would you do that Lee didn't?
Pay a $20 hazmat fee.
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no haz mat fee, last can of JSG i got the guy just put into a box and shipped it LOL. I figured it'd be fun to get some powder thats not good and see what it does for me.
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Mebe the powder was such a dud it didn't need a hazmat fee.
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'Dud on accurate!
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Old 07-28-2010, 01:02 PM   #10
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