A while back I was sent some Lehigh 250 grain .452 bullets to try. I want to use them hunting this year if possible. So I wanted to see how the Genesis likes them.

Now the 50 caliber stainless steel barrel Genesis has a Nikon Omega 3-9x40mm scope on it. I had shot the rifle last time with BlackHorn 209 at 100 yards approximately. So I was sure it would be close at 70 yards. I set up the target and marched back to the bench to discover three readings on the range finder.. 70, 72, and 69. So I accepted 70 as the reading. It was a hot, sunny, bright sun actually, little wind kind of a day. The target in the shadows of the woods looked real good.

I was going to shoot more BlackHorn today, but really wanted to try Pyrodex RS pellets. My Genesis likes Pyrodex pellets for some reason. I know the Lehigh 250 should be pushed hard, but I am not a large powder charge shooter. So I started out with just two pellets. These were with a MMP hph 24 sabot.



While not in the bulls eye, I really could not argue the grouping. Then I loaded the next. I should point out I was swabbing with dishwater. And immediately after pushing it into the bore, I noticed how easy it went in. Looking at my sabots I could see there were a few Harvester Crushed Rib sabots in the bag. I am positive I grabbed one of them. As with the MMP the rifle loaded stiff, with this combination, it went down very easy.



So I will take a sabot blame on that one not being in the same hole. Then thinking... Lehigh can take a hard charge I figured... why not.

I swabbed the rifle clean, and loaded three pellets and took three shots.



Well the rifle did not like that combination at all. Being low on the Lehigh, I then got out a pack of 300 grain Hornady SST bullets with supplied sabots. The sabots if I had to guess would be MMP HPH 24.

I swabbed the bore of the barrel clean before I started.. I loaded 2 of the pellets and shot.



#1 on a clean bore was pretty good. 2-8 other then #4 and #7 were real good. Although I noted the barrel of the rifle was VERY HOT at this point. I mean, can't hold it hot. So I am not surprised it was acting up.

So I swabbed the barrel clean again, let the rifle cool down, and moved the target back to 100 yards...



At 100 yards my 2 pellet SST POA was the cross hair and heart of that little deer. I missed the center but made a Wisconsin heart shot with the first one. The next two were even further left.

Hard to understand, could be the heat, change of powder, a number of things.. but the rifle was dead center shooting last time. Now it shot to the left a little. Not a lot, but a little.

I think 2 pellets and that 250 grain Lehigh could be a real good load, once I get it centered up. Should be a good open field shooter. But I want to try some of them out of the rifle with the BlackHorn and then decided from there what powder to use, should I hunt hay fields this year.