ORIGINAL: bear6
I WROTE TO YOU ALL A FEW DAYS AGO.THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE RESPONSES. I BOUGHT PYRODEX PELLETS.50 GRAINS A PIECE.I DIDNT FIND ANY OTHER POWDER THAT DAY.I AM USING A WINCHESTER PLATNUM TIP BULLET.IT IS A 260GR PTHP. I LIVE IN OHIO.I WILL BE SHOOTING FROM 50-100 YARDS.I HAVE TRIED 150GR - 100GR.POWER CHARGE.AT 50 YARDS I AM ON.ALMOST HIT THE SAME HOLE.BUT AT 100 YARDS I AM AROUND A 3 INCH GROUP.I WAS USING A REST.I GUESS IS THAT OK FOR A MUZZLE LOADER OR WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR BETTER ACCURACY.THANK YOU
Was that open sights or with a Scope? If open sights, that is Excellent. With Scope, I would say that is good, but not excellent. Can you get better, not with pellets since you can't adjust your load up and down, 5 or 10 grains makes a big difference. Sabots makes a big difference. Swabing for me makes a big difference, so don't swab and get good accuracy. I swab after every shot in my BP guns, in the field and at the range. In field I useTC bore butter,at range I use alcahol patch then a dry patch. So if youwant better, try firstswabbing, if that makes no difference try a tighter sabot, if that make little difference go to loose powder. You didn't say what gun you were shooting, what was it?
Chap Gleason