thunderhawk likes 777
Got a chance to try out my thunderhawk with the abused barrel again, this time I tried some 777 thanks to a suggestion from Lonewolf. I started out with the 240xtp as I like this bullet and it always seems to shoot well in my other guns. I started out with 80 gr and it shot pretty well with 1.5 inch groups at 50yds. Next I upped the load to 90gr. and the group tightened up to all three touching, so I kept shooting and after six shots all I had was a one inch jagged hole. Next I tried some 250 sst bullets and they also shot a good 1 inch group. I have yet to shoot at 100yds but so far I am happy as I thought maybe this barrel was beyond hope. I guess this gun really likes 777 and doesn't seem to like goex at all. Maybe I'll get some goex 3f and try that. I really prefer real black powder in my hunting guns as I have limited confidence in anything else when it gets really cold, I guess I could just use this as my antelope hunting gun as its usually pretty warm then.