ORIGINAL: johnny2
All very interesting indeed...Sounds like it is getting to
be rocket sicence to go hunting..I have always had
good luck with the plain ole round ball's...
But now that I have a new inline on the way,looks
like I will have to go to college to learn how to use it..
No not college, but Bullet Class 101. You can go to the test at the end of the course by doing google searches on and reading things:
"Nosler Partition Muzzleloader bullet performance"
"Barnes Expander MZ bullet performance"
Thompson Center ShockWave bullet performance
Speer Gold Dot Bullet Performance
You can read about PB bullet performance or lack of it here:
http://www.the-gleasons.com/powerbelt_page.htm
Where I have done the search, read all the content, organized it and placed it on a home page as PDFs so people don't have to login.
You can also go to Cabela's and Midway and look at ML bullets and Rifle bullet under "Reloading components" and you will get a lotta feedback from pissed off people that bullet xxxx fragemented or fell apart on the shoulder of a deer.
There are of course other bullets, but they are not going to be better than those listed. Buy this required book for course and read the chapter by Bryce Towsley titled "Muzzleloader Bullets":
http://www.ramworks.net/estore.html
Wish you luck on the test. Here is a sample question:
"What bullet was the Savage 10ML2 designed around.? Why?"
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