When I got my inline the first thing I did was go out and shoot the recommended load of 150 grs of Pyrodex and a 250 grain bullet. Wow what a pounding...then I when and bought several types of powder but wanted to stay with the 250 grain bullet. I started testing out different loads from 90 grains back up to 150 grains in both loose and pellets and truly in the end what shot best was the 3x50 Pyrodex pellets, T/C 250 grain shockwave bullet and I use the VariFlame primer system. If I would have been able to get the same POI with less powder I would have been all over that, but in the end I went with what worked best.

There are those that no matter what you tell them they will claim your doing it wrong by their book and thats just life I guess. However when you put all the variable to the test in the end it will always be what works best for you and that might just not work so well for the other 99.99999% of the other shooters. That doesn't mean theyare stupid and buying into the Magnum BS...in the end I think we are all on here to lend some advice and try to help out our fellow shooters. It serves no ones best interest to belittle everyone who has a different view on things. Just my .02 cents worth...