I ran a brush down the bore and swabbed it out with hoppes gun cleaner,,a few dry patches and fired a couple of primers.. Actually I have shot the pistol on two different occasions with the same results. You are more than likely right. sabot loader I need to scrub the heck out of the barrel.. I have had a couple of inline traditions in the past and they where fine rifles so I am not going to bash them..It could be something I am doing wrong,so I will take suggestions and work on it.I tried cci inline muzzleloading primers the first time and federal 209a shotgun primers the second time.