tripple 7 or Pyrodex in cold weather?
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tripple 7 or Pyrodex in cold weather?
well as most know my hunt is fast approaching (dec 5-10) and we get real cold temps here in canada, well today I shot pyrodex pellets for the first time,at the range with kleenbore primers, and didnt notice the kaaa-boom that I was sometimes getting with the tripple 7 pellets, you couldnt even tell the difference between the 209 and actual shot, with trip 7 I was noticing it more, are my observation pretty well accurate, now for my hunt I am planning on going with pyrodex and regular winchester 209 shotgun primers, will this give me a virtually fail safe shot (keeping moisture under control and out of the equation) or can I still use the kleenbores dispite the bitter cold, as the pyrodex seems to light very easy???
so my options: all loads will be pushing hornaday sst 250 grain bullets
100 grain pyro pellets and win.209 shotgun primers
100 grain pyro pellets and rem. kleenbore primers
100 grain trip 7 pellets and win.209 shotgun primers
100 grain trip 7 pellets and rem. kleenbore primers
whitch would you want in your gun in well below freezing temps watching a huge buck at a 100 yards, getting ready to pull the trigger????
so my options: all loads will be pushing hornaday sst 250 grain bullets
100 grain pyro pellets and win.209 shotgun primers
100 grain pyro pellets and rem. kleenbore primers
100 grain trip 7 pellets and win.209 shotgun primers
100 grain trip 7 pellets and rem. kleenbore primers
whitch would you want in your gun in well below freezing temps watching a huge buck at a 100 yards, getting ready to pull the trigger????
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RE: tripple 7 or Pyrodex in cold weather?
y_not5
I think you already no my opinions. I feel the weak link in your system is the pellets. I feel that it takes more fire to get them to fire. The colder the temp the hotter you are going to have to get them - Therefore I would suggest the Win 209's, which pellet you use doesn't seem in my mind to make a difference, when you are shooting a 100 grains of t7 pellets you are not really shooting 100 grains - you are shooting an equivelent load to 100 grains of Pyro or real BP.
I am not qualified to to make ajudgement on which pellet is better Pyro/t7 becuase I do not have enough experiance with them...
Primers - I just do not hink there is enough past experiance out there to amke a real judgement on the new Remingtons yet. I, personally would use my Remington 209-4's in any temo but I am shooting loose powder.
Good luck on your trip and the hunt....
I think you already no my opinions. I feel the weak link in your system is the pellets. I feel that it takes more fire to get them to fire. The colder the temp the hotter you are going to have to get them - Therefore I would suggest the Win 209's, which pellet you use doesn't seem in my mind to make a difference, when you are shooting a 100 grains of t7 pellets you are not really shooting 100 grains - you are shooting an equivelent load to 100 grains of Pyro or real BP.
I am not qualified to to make ajudgement on which pellet is better Pyro/t7 becuase I do not have enough experiance with them...
Primers - I just do not hink there is enough past experiance out there to amke a real judgement on the new Remingtons yet. I, personally would use my Remington 209-4's in any temo but I am shooting loose powder.
Good luck on your trip and the hunt....
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RE: tripple 7 or Pyrodex in cold weather?
I never shot pellets (that I paid for ) but when it is cold and wet, I want as hot a primer as I can get behind the powder. To heck with the crud ring worries.. I want the gun to go off. I think Wolfhound76 is right on the money..
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RE: tripple 7 or Pyrodex in cold weather?
ORIGINAL: sabotloader
I feel the weak link in your system is the pellets. I feel that it takes more fire to get them to fire. The colder the temp the hotter you are going to have to get them - Therefore I would suggest the Win 209's, which pellet you use doesn't seem in my mind to make a difference, when you are shooting a 100 grains of t7 pellets you are not really shooting 100 grains - you are shooting an equivelent load to 100 grains of Pyro or real BP.
I am not qualified to to make ajudgement on which pellet is better Pyro/t7 becuase I do not have enough experiance with them...
I feel the weak link in your system is the pellets. I feel that it takes more fire to get them to fire. The colder the temp the hotter you are going to have to get them - Therefore I would suggest the Win 209's, which pellet you use doesn't seem in my mind to make a difference, when you are shooting a 100 grains of t7 pellets you are not really shooting 100 grains - you are shooting an equivelent load to 100 grains of Pyro or real BP.
I am not qualified to to make ajudgement on which pellet is better Pyro/t7 becuase I do not have enough experiance with them...
The triple seven pellets are harder to ignite and are for 209 primers only.For cold weather I'd use the hottest primer I could find. The Pyrodex pellets have impregnated blackpowder on one end and can be ignited with #11 caps. Still the hotter the primer the better for cold weather reliability. I used Pyrodex pellets for a while with the Winchesters and never had an issue in cold weather. I shoot at the range like I would hunting. The coldest I've ever shot is 10-20 degrees. I've never had any issues with Pyrodex pellets except when I combined them with Powerbelts. The pellets didn't burn fast enough and ejected the Powerbelt and pellets without a complete burn. Only in Knights but I won't use PB's in anything now unless I use loose powder. I now use loose powder only in everything and have for 3 years.
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