well, I've see the same results with 100 grains ffg 777 and 50 cal 348 powerbelts. I run a patch about every 3-4 shots. about the third or forth shot the dry patch hangs up, though a wet patch can be turned and breakup the crud. this is in both a cva and a rem 700. boy sitck a dry patch and you have to pull the breach plug out.

I will say the accuracy is great, using 100 grains of ffg 777 and the 348 aero point. we had been target shooting out past 200 yards.

I shot a bull this week at 20 yards with it. shot right behind the right shoulder, but the angle sent the bullet out though the opposite thick part of the lower left leg bone. recovered the bullet under the skin, it measured .920 dia, didn't get a change to weigh it, but still a lot of weight left. my buddy make about the same shot on his bull, his bullet was recovered. It was about .750 dia and about all the lead gone. both bulls rocked when they were hit, one traveled about 50 yards, the other about 10.

I'll keep using this load, just have to use a wet patch to clean between a few hunting or nightly clearing shots. for a complete clean, I take the plug out and use regular solvents to get to a clean barrel and then an oiled and dry patch.