Originally Posted by HEAD0001

I don't recall anyone asking you for an apology.

But making the statement that you are limited to 75 yards on elk with BP is a bunch of bunk also.

The last bull elk I shot was a pretty good sized 5X5. I shot him at 135 yards with 3F BP, open sights, and a heavy duty conical that I cast myself. That is about as primitive as you can get. And if that bull would have been at 150 yards he would also have been an easy shot. And he definitely would have went down with black powder.

So I do not buy your theory that you can't get it done with Black Powder. Sorry, but I just don't believe it. And I am not sure what T7 or some other "super powder" would give with a heavy conical that you can't get from BP??

And the bull I shot in the above statement was in New Mexico. I realize CO has some quircky BP laws. I remember their old law about the length of a conical. I have heard they dropped that quircky rule. But if not then it would still be easy enough to cast the proper length conical. And to shoot that conical with BP and kill any bull walking in CO at 150 yards. Or even farther if you know your weapon and how to shoot it. And I see no problem doing it with open sights.

I also am not sure what you mean by "more accurate" past 75 yards. My heavy conicals will shoot extremely accurate past 75 yards(with BP). I would put them up against anything anyone else can come up with when using the so called "better powders". I actually think BP is more accurate than some of those powders. At least T7-that is the one I have the most experience with. Tom.