I have a jug of APP 2f that I had not opened. So I wanted to try that. I decided to shoot another of my Wolverines. This one is a LK-II with a 22 inch blue barrel, and composite stock. Also this rifle sports a 2.5x20mm Simmons $19.95 scope. I am determined to shake it apart.

I loaded 90 grains of the APP 2f and got out a box of 375 grain Buffalo Bullet SSB's. I figured this would be a good test as this rifle will normally shoot about anything put down it. The recoil, if any indication of the power, with that heavy bullet was most noticeable. Again, just T shirts in the summer, so you are at the mercy of the rifle.



While the rifle shot well, I think a little powder charge playing is in order. I really think it could do better then stringing along. I did not swab with this powder.

I then shot some different conical bullets at the center of the target using APP. Here was a shocker... it sprayed all over the place. I would not even call that a group.

To double check the rifle, I got some Graf's & Sons 3f powder out and some 250 grain Hornady XTP's in a Harvester Crushed rib sabot. I did swab the rifle clean before testing to be fair to the black powder.



My notes indicated that 80 grains was the load it liked, and the little rifle with the cheap scope did not let me down. It shot a nice three shot group.

I then did not swab after the last shot and wanted to see what happened if I kept shooting black powder without swabbing.



The three shot group was not too bad. But then it really started to throw them around. And since it was now raining, I decided it was a good time to end the range session.

Overall the APP is a very clean powder, but I noticed that since I was not swabbing, there was an accumulation of white crusty stuff just inside the muzzle. When loading once you passed that area it loaded real easy.

The rifle ignited fine in the 77 degree very humid weather. The powder is like fish tank gravel in size so I could not use a measure that cut the charge because it would not pour through the funnel.

There was a good stout recoil, but then again there was the same with 80 grains of 3f black powder. The little LK-II is a short light rifle I use when I walk around the woods deer season. Easy to carry, fast to get to point, just a nice little rifle. But I like the way it shoots with black powder a lot. And a 250 grain XTP I have been told is good deer medicine by some well respected people on this and other forums..