[QUOTE=sabotloader;3742508]I was going to wait to provide my thoughts here but got your PM so I will start on it now.... there are so many things to cover.
I really would recommend not cleaning anything if you are shooting BH. I understand your reasoning but I have a completely different thought for you. Shooting on a clean bore is the way I would ever shoot a ML - they are far more consistent on a fouled bore and with BH you have very little chance of casuing a problem.... read this senario...
This never entered my mind while I was shooting but I think I will tell you. This Knight Elite has been loaded with T7 since the end of elk season, October 24. It has been in good weather, sub-freezing temps, terrible rain storms, hail, sleet and snow lots of snow. I have done most everything wrong. It has come in and out of the cab of the truck and from there into the house and of course back out again several times. Yet, at the moment of the shot I really never even thought about the gun not going off as planned. After all I have been practicing this for years now.
It will get better - much better
With BH do not use any water based products - most use Hoppes #9 - but you do not have to that cleaning at the range.... Other than hand turning a drill bit in the breech every 8-10 shots
I can totally agree with that one....
After running JB's that sounds about normal - the blue sabots are the thinnest MMP. Verify for me weather they have 3 or 4 petals?
Again i would agree the CR is to loose... but for a brand new barrel and a brand new shooter all of that is not that bad + the cleaning you were trying to do between shots.... Not all that bad....
The sabot with the XTP is a MMP HPH-24. That is the sabot I use 99% of the time in all my ML including the Triumph.
So as some wise old guy said - Rome was not built in one day... things will get a lot easier - pretty soon you will be complaining that shooting a ML is simple....
[quote] It would seem to me that once I get the appropriate sabbot that I can start playing with different grain and types of bullets as well as primers.
With the ML you have it really is not all that complicated - it just takes experiance and time... Were you shooting with a seasoned ML shooter a lot of this would never happen. But, i will say this in the long run you are better off going through these trials.... Because even though you might not believe it - you have learned...
No they do not need to be 'really tight' they need to snug (35-30#) of pressure - two hands pusing down and then you need to seat the sabot tightly on the the powder.
The next size up is the HPH-12 - but I really think you are right where you belong with the black HPH-24.
Check your PM....
Hope all of this has not confused you more....
mike
No - all really good info. It wont hurt my feelings at all not to have to clean the gun after every shot - man that was a pain
I did forget the drill bit today. I completely forgot about water based product and BH209 (didnt even think to check to see what the Hornady One Shot was made of). I see some use the windex/alcohol mixture????
Talk to you more later.
Thank you very much.