ORIGINAL: wabi
Bought a can of Jim Shockey Gold, and was really enthusiastic about it's performance. Then I went back to the range today and got poor results.
I shot 3 rounds in my T/C NewEnglander when I first tried it and had a very good group @ 50 yards with Lee REAL 320 gr bullets. Today I shot 3 times and had about a 4" group. I noticed very light recoil on one shot and the other two felt normal.
In reading posts on the thread
which powder?
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2231903
I read a post by lemoyne saying in part
I live in a part of the south that is hot and humid the asorbic acid powders [made by APP] is what I would use if they were dependable enough but the least exposure to humidity causes them to be erattic.
Today was 95° and very humid, and the powder was erratic!
Looks like I'm back to BP for the sidelock & perhaps I'll pick up some T-7 for the inline.
I have decided that real BP is superior to any and all substitute powders, except for the requirement to wipelot more often in order to load the next round........