"If I remember right it shoots a 300gr SST/SW style bullet at 2400fps.'

In the 2005 issue of Gun Digest, Toby Bridges used the Savage smokeless muzzleloader to test huge charges of Pyrodex. In doing so he debunked some manufacturer'sclaims.One Michigan manufacturer of expensive muzzloaders claimedover 2,300 fps with a 300 grain bullet and four Pyrodex pellets and 2,900 fps with five Pyrodex pellets and the same bullet. He claimed the fantastic velocities were due to hismagical breech plug design.

Testing gave the following results. The law of diminishing returns is in effect here with reduced velocities and horrendous recoil.

1. Three, 50 grain Pyrodex pellets gave a velocity of 1,955 fps with the 250 grain Shockwave bullet.
2. Four, 50 grain Pyrodex pellets with the same bullet gave a velocity of 1,930 fps. That's right the velocity went down.
3. Five, 50 grain Pyrodex pellets gave a velocity of 1,900 fps with the 250 grain Shockwave bullet. The velocity went down further.