Ok, I have a question for you all concerning how much powder you are actually burning.

My gun is a CVA Bobcat. I went out the other day, and did some testing. I can put all of my shots into the vitals of an elk up to 75 yds in field position with 90 grs Goex 2f and a 350 Maxi-Hunter. I am getting 1290 FPS, 80 grs will give me 1250 FPS.

A while back, I did a test with the 245 gr Buffalo Ball et's. I started at 80 grns, all the way to 100 grs, though this was with Pyrodex RS. The range... 5 feet. I shot at a plain piece of paper. With 80 grs, there was very little, if any powder residue on the paper. With 90, there was a small amount. At 100 grs, there was a LOT!! Clearly when I was getting up to 90 grs powder, I was not burning all of my powder. At 100, I was just wasting too much. So I know I will not go over 90 in that gun, at least with the 245's. I have yet to test this with any other bullet, powder combo. I will try it with the Goex here soon and the 245's, as well as round balls. I do not have any more maxi hunters left, so that will have to wait until I get a chance to buy some more to test that way also.

Either way, I will stick with that 90 grs with that Maxi Hunter for the elk. I could use every fps I can get.

Has anyone else done a test like this with there ML? I would be interested to know how those tests have turned out.

Thanks.