ORIGINAL: n5638b
Need some help since I'm a rookie at this. Bought a new CVA Elkhorn last week, went to the range today and had to swab about every 3-4 shots with T7. Shot a pound of Pyrodex in my CVA Buckhorn in the last 6 months and never had to swab it down at the range. I could shoot 20 rounds of Aerotips and had no problem seating the bullets. Today, after 5 shots I could not get the bullet to seat unless I swabbed it down. Any thoughts?
I thought triple 7 was supposed to burn cleaner than Pyrodex. Difference in rifles?? Using the same 209 CCI primer...
I swab every shot, in field with Bore Butter.At range with 50% mixture of Alchol and Windshield washer fluid, then a dry patch. Manual on Omega says to do it, I have large crud ring at bottom of Omega, no so much on Knight. SabotLoader answered the question well for the cleaness of 777 over Pyrodex. I thought it was 777 compared to BP, not 777 compared to Prodex, but I forget, since I don't shoot prodex any longer.
Chap Gleason