Hi All,

I'm a new muzzleloader in Washington State and have been working through all the rifle/powder/bullet options available and legal to shoot in my state. Many thanks to all posting here as I've learned more reading this forum than eveything combined on all the muzzleloader company web sites. I'll be going for deer first and if all goes well will try elk next year too.

I'm planning toget one of the White Ultra Mags ifavailable or perhaps a Knight bighorn/wolverine if none are left. What's confusing me is what powder to use - given Wa Fish & Wildlife regs, I assume no smokeless (muzzleloader) rifles are legal ...

At first I figured to use Triple 7 powder as its reportedly better then Pyrodex, but then read Triple 7 leaves some crud ring (roughly at the powder to projectile interface I recall). I've heard about Goex and the newerBlack Max (I think that's the name!) being slightly better than Triple 7?

I'll probably start off w/ the medium grain conicals, but will also check out the highly recommended Buffalo SSBs too. What powder do you all use in similar conditions and why?Any reduced cleaning, ease of (re)loading, and/or follow up accuracydetails aremost welcome.

thanks again!
phil