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Old 06-03-2007 | 06:02 PM
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gleason.chapman
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WOW CHAP! that is some outstanding shooting there. You could shoot a long time again, and never shoot a group like that. That really says a lot of the load and the rifle. As well as the person behind the gun. Do you have any idea what the velocity is with that kind of a load? I know so little about smokeless muzzleloaders, but have to admit.. you got my attention...
I know exactly what you mean. I thought it was great when I shot about a 1" group at 50 yards, I never expected to do that at nearly 100. I have never shot that good in my entire life, with any gun, ever.I don't ever think Iever shot a group, with all the holes touching until that day. I was shooting off sand bags and both the barrel and the stock resting on exactly the target at 100, just put my shoulder into the gun, sight, take the safe offand squeeze the trigger.

I don't really know what the load is shooting at, I will fire up that ballistic program and see if I can figure it out. I don't have a Chrongraph. I know Iweighed my loads to EXACTLY 44g, and I would even put 1 grain of powder onto the pan to get the exact level. The nice thing about the EZ loaders I havefrom RMC they are smaller than bore and flexable, so I can fold the speed loader over and not spill 1 grain. I think that honestly was a factor also, to not spill even 1 grain of powder. Also it was early in the AM and I was not tired. All were factors. I did everythingthe same also.I think the biggest factor is thesabot, in the first 5 shots with the Hornardy, they use a thinner sabot, it goes down easy, but goods "good", not excellent, but good. The TC ShockWave Sabot is very tight, it shoot EXCEPTIONAL, and what is interesting, I believe these were only $8 or $9 for 30. I have NOT bought any in a long long time, so they could have doubled by now, since all bullets seem to be increasing due to the demand for lead for the war. Any way thank you. I know what the gun is capable of now at an "upper limit". Chap
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