FVA,

It is true that the pellets do develop higher muzzle velocites than loose powder and I believe the answer Knight gave you explains why. It has come to my understanding, that Pyrodex mixes a certain amount of "flame accelerator" into their pellet formula in order to make ignition more reliable and burn more thouroughly. So, in a 150gr load of pellets, your actually getting 120gr of true powder & 30gr of accelerator - this accelerates the bullet faster out of the muzzle, but really has no more impact power than than 120gr loose charge. Which would also be why the new models won't always destroy sabots when using 150gr of pellets, but 150gr of loose powder boogers them up pretty good.

However, I don't believe CleanShot uses a accelerator in their pellets and I know they don't have the flame hole down the center of them like Pyro pellets do - which is why I think they have proven to be substandard to the either the Pyro pellets or any loose powder.


"Every moving thing that liveth, I give unto you as meat" (Gen 9:3)

Trust God..........but keep your powder dry!