RE: question about black mag 3 and other powder
Cayugag,
Glad to hear BM3 is working for you. Based on my experience with it, I'm surprized you can load that many shots without swabbing. I've tried it in 2 different guns and quite honestly, I'm not impressed. I've tried it with bullets from the 460NE down to the 250SW. The larger conicals were very inconsistant, like 8 to 12 inch groups at 25 yards. The lighter bullets worked better but not as well as 777. When shooting the Shockwaves I could only load about 3 to 5 before having trouble seating the bullet, almost as bad as a 777 crud ring. On both rifles after shooting a round or two, I could see white streaks at various places in the bore where the fouling was adhearing to the bore. I may try what I have left in one of my round ball guns but I don't expect to be using it in my inlines any time soon. I found it about the same as 777 when cleaning the rifle also.