Electra Range Report

[pluckit]

Target #1
At 25 yards and after adjusting the scope to get close to the bulls eye I thought I might have something going so I moved out to 50 yards. Targets #1 through #5 were shot using a 10 mm, 200 grain Hornady XTP and a Harvester Blue Crush Rib sabot.

Target #2
After shot #1 I adjusted the scope and almost put the shot dead center. Target #1 and #2 were shot with 1 Pyrodex pellet. So now I thought the scope was set well enough to move on to Blackhorn with a Pyrodex booster.

Target#3
For this target I stayed at 50 yards but switched to 80 grains Blackhorn with a 5 grain booster of Pyrodex.

Target #4
As you can see from Target #3, with the change and increased amount of powder, my point of impact rose significantly. So I adjusted the scope and shot this target with the same load.

Target#5
After shooting Target #4 I figured it was good enough to move out to 100 yards.

Target#6
Target #5 was not looking too good so I decided to switch to my hunting bullet, A240 grain Hornady XTP in a Thompson Center Mag Express sabot.

Target #7
Things were not coming together but I didn't want to give up on the load just yet and shot another target.
Dang! I thought I might have something with a scope adjustment.

Target #8
This is when things fell apart. I mean my scope, I believe. I noticed that the cross hairs were not level and I had to level them. But they were level when I started and the scope was tight in the rings.

Target #9
After Target #8 I added 20 grains of Blackhorn to make a total of 100 grains.

Target #10
I was getting tired and figured that was the reason for the bad groups so I figured it was time to go home after a couple more shots with a 5 grain Pyrodex booster under 100 grains of Blackhorn 209.
After taking the rifle apart, cleaning it, and putting it back together I noticed that the cross hairs had shifted again. I think The scope died on me.

[1874sharpsshooter]

Vision?? or Electra?

[bronko22000]

Originally Posted by 1874sharpsshooter

Vision?? or Electra?

That was my first question too. Also, I don't shoot BH209 because over 90% of my shooting is done with sidelocks but from the reports I've seen, it works best with heavy charges (100-120 grs).

[pluckit]

OK! I finished editing my report! If you have any more questions please feel free to ask.

[cayugad]

I was under the impression that BlackHorn was not a recommended powder. Just curious to know what made you try it?

Do you now feel the scope failed and was causing the problem? Are you going to use a new scope?

How was the trigger? As good as they claim it is?

I was under the impression that the Electra was easy to clean. How was the clean up?

Are you going to try some other projectiles other then the light ones?

[3seasons]

Must have been frustrating.

How's the ignition, any delay,etc?

[Nimrodder]

Dave, shot mine Sunday. The trigger is comparable to a Knight bolt gun IMO ie very good. It's the easiest cleanup I've ever had with a muzzleloader and I was shooting Goex. Mine didn't shoot very good but I only tried a couple of combo's.

[cayugad]

Originally Posted by Nimrodder

Dave, shot mine Sunday. The trigger is comparable to a Knight bolt gun IMO ie very good. It's the easiest cleanup I've ever had with a muzzleloader and I was shooting Goex. Mine didn't shoot very good but I only tried a couple of combo's.

The clean up part is good to hear. I am sure it is a matter of time before you find the right combination.

[pluckit]

Originally Posted by cayugad

I was under the impression that BlackHorn was not a recommended powder. Just curious to know what made you try it?
It was the powder that I had the most of and other reports were of people using it with a booster so I wanted to try it.

Do you now feel the scope failed and was causing the problem? Are you going to use a new scope?
Yes, I do.


How was the trigger? As good as they claim it is?
The trigger has a lot of travel in it but is very light. With that much travel in it, it's guesswork figuring when the rifle will fire.

I was under the impression that the Electra was easy to clean. How was the clean up? I worked my tail off getting the cement like residue, from what I believe to be from the combination of the two powders, off of the breech plug and from the inside of the breech plug threads. I don't think I will be trying black horn with a Pyrodex booster again.

Are you going to try some other projectiles other then the light ones?

I will try some other bullets but I hope to get the .45 caliber, 240 grain XTP to shoot good. That is my go to bullet. I was just using the light ones to get the rifle shooting close to the bulls eye.

[pluckit]

Originally Posted by 3seasons

Must have been frustrating.

How's the ignition, any delay,etc?

There was no delay. I did have one time where the rifle failed to fire. It fired on the second try though. There were no other ignition problems out of the nearly 40 rounds fired.