Originally Posted by
Doug100g
Thats what happened with my omega. I put in 100g of BH and it gave perfect groups at 100 yards and at 150 yards.
So here is another question. Do you experiment with 110g if you are doing great with 100g? Would you feel you are wasting powder?
I just think I am saving money by not going up. Plus, less recoil.
What would be the advantage of upping a load if lets say....your MZ shot good with 90g?
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It seems to me you should please your self; that is all that matters.
Following is what i believe is the approximate result of using 100g of powder. You never wrote what bullet you are using, so i used a middle of the pack bullet for the calculation. The calculation shows that the bullet does not lack for energy nor ability to fly out to 150 yard.
Now, myself, i use 110g of powder mostly, and for other bullet 120g. My needs are probably different than yours. I use my muzzle loader during our rifle season and muzzle loader season. I never use a center fire rifle. I hunt in thick timber, open timber, marsh, and wide open prairie. Perhaps one day i will kill a deer at 275 yard. Thus far my longest shot is 230 yard. So far this year my longest shot is probably 175 yard or so. My shortest shot this year is about 55 yard. The powder charge used to make the 55 yard shot was 100g. This same powder charge was used to make a much longer shot at an unknown range, guessed at 150 yard, but seemingly longer.
It should be some obvious that large amounts of powder are not really really necessary.