ORIGINAL: bucksnortinted
gleason.chapman,have you tried the hornady sst/ml's that shot the best of three different bullets out of my cva,shooting over 100yds. the 300gr. seem to hold a better pattern than the 250's did,and I was shooting pyrodex 50/50 3pellets at 50gr. ea. I don't like the 50/50 pyrodex though burns way to dirty,had to clean the gun way to much to shoot tighter groups,I would actually like to know what powder burns the cleanest and effective........Ted
Greetings Ted, Yes I did try the SST, here:
http://www.the-gleasons.com/Hornady%20SST_300g_2007_06_02_AA5744_44g_FederalPr imer_default%20sabot.jpg
now that is not a bad group (1.75"I would say), but the very same day I shot the SW with a black sabot, not the easy glide yellow sabots and got this with 5 shots (all bullets touching each other and in the ring):
http://www.the-gleasons.com/TC_Shockwave_300g_2007_06_02_AA5744_44g_FederalPri mer_default%20sabot.jpg
So the Hornady bullet works well in the Savage with the black sabot, not sure what the sabot is, but the easy guide and the bonded with the easy guide did not shoot as good as the black sabot (cheaper packaged bullet).
Chap