ORIGINAL: outdoorslover

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I finally shot at 100 yards today and put the powders to the test. I practiced with 2 kinds today---Pyrodex(loose powder), and APP sticks.

The first target is of a 1 3/4 inch group with 100 grains of Pyrodex and 250 grain XTP bullets. That was an extraordinary group for me and I would have been more than happy with it even if I had a scope(but I didn't of course). The shot in the left hand corner is my shot with 2 APP sticks(100 grains), and the same bullet, and is not part of the other group. I just threw it in so I could see the difference. APP shoots somewhat higher apparently. My first shot with Pyrodex actually didn't hit the target. I somehow shot the gun unintentionally and wasn't even sighted correctly. I don't know what happened there but it sure as hell scared me. By the way, believe it or not, I didn't swab at all those shots.

Target #2 is a 5 inch group[:@]and is actually the first target I shot today. I used 110 grains of Pyrodex instead of 100 and swabbed EVERY shot. I don't know why that went so bad but it did. I'm not disappointed with it though. I don't think it was me. The shot in the corner is with 2 APP sticks again. I think I had shot two other times withAPP but the shots hit over, which seems to be the norm for that load. I find the difference between APP and Pyrodex very interesting, as well as the fact that 250 grain bullets hit that high, when 300 grain bullets hit 2 inches low.

Pyrodex gets my vote over APP sticks. I don't know if loose APP shoots better but I believe it does, because of the fact that I shot a 3/4 inch group with it a while ago. I'll have to test loose APP against Pyrodex soon, but I'm pretty sure loose is much better than pellets. I did get decent groups with pellets at 50 yards though.

Give me lots of feedback!!!!