smoke pole help
01-29-2004 | 04:09 PM
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From: ste. genevieve mo. USA
smoke pole help
Need help I shoot a knight muzzle loader using 325 grain sabot and 100 grains of powder. Going to convert over my gun so I can shoot 2 of the triple 7 pellet and the new power pellet bullets. The triple 7 pellets are 60 grains each so i will be shooting 120 grains.I forgot to mention i have a 54 calibor gun. I have always white tail hunted. Looking to go on my first elk hunt and will be shooting a longer distance maybe. Any suggestion on what would be the best grain of bullet to shoot. Thanks for any help thats out there.
May we all live to hunt and hunt to live.
May we all live to hunt and hunt to live.
01-29-2004 | 07:03 PM
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From: Kerrville, Tx. USA
RE: smoke pole help
I am not sure you have correct information. I have NEVER heard of 60 grain pellets. I am pretty sure that the biggest they make is 50 gr. Someone may have told you that 50 grains of triple 7 shoots like 60 grains of pyrodex. This is suposedly true for loose powder, but NOT for pellets. A 50 grain triple 7 pellet will deliver basically the same firepower as a 50 grain pyrodex pellet. They did this because if the triple 7 is more powerful, and if someone loaded 3 pellets (150 grains), that would be over the maximum tolerated level recommended for most guns.
This is what I have heard:
1) 85 grains of Triple 7 loose powder = 100 grains of pyrodex
2) 100 grains of triple 7 pellets = 100 grains of pyrodex pellets
Most elk hunters I know who use powerbelts use either the 295 gr, the 348 gr, or the 405 gr. I like the 2 heavier and am currently shooting the 348 out of my 50 cal. T/C Omega. However, I shoot the 405 gr out of my 54 cal T/C renegade. The bottom line is what shoots best out of your gun. You may need to try several bullet weights and powder combinations to see what shoots the best. Unless you get great accuracy with pellets, the loose powder gives you the flexibility to try different powder amounts in 5 gr increments until you find the most accurate load for your particular rifle.
As said, pellets and sabots are illegal in Colorado, as well as scopes.
This is what I have heard:
1) 85 grains of Triple 7 loose powder = 100 grains of pyrodex
2) 100 grains of triple 7 pellets = 100 grains of pyrodex pellets
Most elk hunters I know who use powerbelts use either the 295 gr, the 348 gr, or the 405 gr. I like the 2 heavier and am currently shooting the 348 out of my 50 cal. T/C Omega. However, I shoot the 405 gr out of my 54 cal T/C renegade. The bottom line is what shoots best out of your gun. You may need to try several bullet weights and powder combinations to see what shoots the best. Unless you get great accuracy with pellets, the loose powder gives you the flexibility to try different powder amounts in 5 gr increments until you find the most accurate load for your particular rifle.
As said, pellets and sabots are illegal in Colorado, as well as scopes.
