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Old 08-10-2005 | 12:49 PM
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I was at the range on Sunday. I was shooting 3 pellets of 777 on a 250gr sabot Bullet. I was easily 5-6" on the paper. I changed to 2 pellets and the group size dropped to about 3/4". I was so extremely accurate.

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Old 08-10-2005 | 02:26 PM
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I have not heard of too many guns that will shoot well with a full 150 grn charge, unless it's behind a heavy bullet. Just because the gun will handle it doesn't mean you should do it, or that is what it will like best. I have seen some magnum rifles that shoot thier best groups with 85 grns of powder.

This why so many like loose powder more, you can work up a better load if you want to take the time to do it.

What kind of distances are we talking about for these groups?

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Old 08-10-2005 | 04:19 PM
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WOW.. what a difference.. Good shooting there. And to think you do not have to spend all that money on the extra pellet. 2 pellets is plenty for most the stuff we want to hunt. Keep shooting...
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Old 08-14-2005 | 01:21 PM
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You might try 130 grains of Pyrodex pellets - ie two fifties and a thirty. This load has shot well for me with several 250 grain sabot rounds.
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