ORIGINAL: johnny2
I have never used anything except Goex powder in granual
form...So tell me if there are any big benifits in the pellets
except the ease of loading...Do they burn cleaner or is this
a myth? Are they as consistent in burn rate so as the keep
a steady muzzle velocity...Suppose you wanted to tweek the
load some,can you cut the pellets in half...What about the cost
of them? So many questions.....Who makes the best ones?
Hay---Dave----we got 4 big doe's so far.....
One more thing. Do the pellets work good for any bullet or
ball combination????????
Pellets work good for people who like convenience and have never used BP. You have used BP, go loose 777. Pellets work good at 100g in most rifles, but as you know this may not be the most accurate load for the rifle. You can buy some 50g and 30g and try 80 with a 50 and a 30 or try 3 30g for a 90g, 2 50g for 100 g load, 2 30g and 1 50g for a 10g load. Now the down side of all that is
keeping two kinds of pellets of the same type and not getting them mixed up. That is pretty easy with speed loaders, but how do you shoot 95g, that makes you go loose. In general 30 and 50g pellets work but you will get more power and better ignition from loose powder.
Burning cleaner, no. Cut some off, how do you know how much you cut off? If you wanna try 80 to 150 do the following
50 + 30 = 80g
3 30= 90g
2 50= 100g
50 + 2 30's = 110g
4 30 for 120
2 50 + 1 30 for 130
1 50 + 3 30s for 140
3 50s for 150g
Oh, what ever load you end up with make sure you place some tape as a witness mark on your ramrod. I use tape, since I change things and scraping different marks with different bullets and loads gets confusing fast. Also take picture of your targets and name them like
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Pellets are about 2x the cost of loose. Stay with loose.
Chap