I finally got my powder in and went to the range with the 58cal! I ordered 5lbs of KIK FFG. I figured I am going to try it or not so I just got KIK. I do not notice any differences between that and the Goex I shot before. I like it.

I started out shootingsome Hornady .570 roundballs with my normal load of 120gr FFG. Accuracy was great. I think I shot a better group than I ever did with Goex. I had my holes touching. After shooting some roundballs I broke out the 525gr Hornady Great Plains conicals. I loaded 100gr FFG (which is what I have been using with those). They shot good but not as good asthe roundballs. After a while I shot a Great Plains with 100gr FFG into a bucket of sand. WOW! That sucker expanded like none other. It expanded over the size of a quarter!

One thing I noticed with both the roundballs and the Great Plains is that they were shooting lower than normal. I was using the same charges I used with Goex and I know KIK is just as hot if not hotter. So why was I shooting low even with the roundballs? The humidity was really low and both me and my friend noticed that the fowling was harder than normal. It was not the KIK because it was the same with his Goex.

Im not sure what I am going to hunt with this year.
.570 roundball and 120gr FFG or 525gr Great Plains with 100gr FFG. I know that roundball load will take anything in North America. Plus, I dont like the lead I get in my bore with the GP. Im not sure though. I like both. So what do you guys think?