bowbender6, I and others that have shot at long distant targets,have found that the bullets need to be pushed faster for longer shots(the famous 3 pellet loads). As the velocity decreases the bullets de-stabilize,and become less accurate. We found that a loading of 100grs. Triple Severn powder shot great----out to 150 yds. After that it went down hill fast. We then increased the load to 120grs,of the same powder,and used thesamebullets,and got great accuracy at long range 200-250yds. Try increasing the charge,and see what happens.