ORIGINAL: cashman
I shot my CVA kodiak today for the first time. I was using 300 grain hornady sst, with 100 grns of shocky gold loose powder. With the new leupold ultimate slam scope on it. I was not real impresseed with the consistency of accuracy at 50 yds, which is as far as i got before running out of bullets. 3 or four inch groups at best. would like to try blackhorn 209 but have not found it retail around here yet. Any suggetions as to bullet, sabot or powder changes to tighten groups up a bit.it is a fifty cal. 28 inch barrel if that matters. Thanks a lot for any help.
Paul
The Shocky Gold and Am Pioneer Powder is inconsistent, it is very clean, but it is low power and inconsistent. I suggest your try another powder, 777, Pyrodex. See this chart which appeared last year in American Hunter.
See the 207 in the JSG column, that means shot to shot that JSG shot about 200 FPS difference, that is a lot compared to other powers, who are near 30 to 50 fps.
Chap