First Use of Triple Se7en
03-12-2006, 02:28 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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First Use of Triple Se7en
Went to the range Saturday morning. Weather was beautiful: almost 50 degrees, sunny, just a littlebreezy from right to left.
This was my first use of T7 - I was really looking forward to how it performed. The week before, I had zero'd my rifle with 2 - 50 gr Pyrodex pellets and 260 gr .451 Speer JHP's and Crush Rib sabots.
I started with 80 gr T7 and they printed a little low and left. Moved the scope to the right and bumped up to 85 gr T7 - supposedly equal to 100 gr Pyrodex. They printed a bit high and a little right, but ok for a breezy day.
Tried the 300 gr Speer JSP, and they printed almost exactly the same.
After just doing some shooting, I fired two 3-shot groups "for record" - that is, to show you guys. This rifle (BPI Beartooth) is printing 1 1/2 to 2" groups on a breezy day with ME behind the trigger - I'm a happy camper!
Just for fun, I also shot three 265 gr .475 bullets from Hawk Precision, and they landed high and left, and were 4-5" apart! Only thing I can figure is that the shorter bullet might require more speed to stabilize them. I don't think I'll be using them any more.
Four other observationsabout the T7: (1) My hand were less than half as dirty for the same amount of shooting (2) the perceived recoil was less than with Pyrodex (3) I forgot to use sabotloaders teflon tape trick on the breechplug, but it came out without a lot of trouble, just feeling a little "gummy" for the first full turn (4) cleanup was really easy!
This was my first use of T7 - I was really looking forward to how it performed. The week before, I had zero'd my rifle with 2 - 50 gr Pyrodex pellets and 260 gr .451 Speer JHP's and Crush Rib sabots.
I started with 80 gr T7 and they printed a little low and left. Moved the scope to the right and bumped up to 85 gr T7 - supposedly equal to 100 gr Pyrodex. They printed a bit high and a little right, but ok for a breezy day.
Tried the 300 gr Speer JSP, and they printed almost exactly the same.
After just doing some shooting, I fired two 3-shot groups "for record" - that is, to show you guys. This rifle (BPI Beartooth) is printing 1 1/2 to 2" groups on a breezy day with ME behind the trigger - I'm a happy camper!
Just for fun, I also shot three 265 gr .475 bullets from Hawk Precision, and they landed high and left, and were 4-5" apart! Only thing I can figure is that the shorter bullet might require more speed to stabilize them. I don't think I'll be using them any more.
Four other observationsabout the T7: (1) My hand were less than half as dirty for the same amount of shooting (2) the perceived recoil was less than with Pyrodex (3) I forgot to use sabotloaders teflon tape trick on the breechplug, but it came out without a lot of trouble, just feeling a little "gummy" for the first full turn (4) cleanup was really easy!
03-12-2006, 02:40 PM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2005
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RE: First Use of Triple Se7en
Welcome to the world of Triple Se7en one of the best sustitutes made. Accuracy wise I would say the best. I am not too keen on it with roundballs except in my Norincos where it works roundball real well. The 3F works well in my 1858 revolver as well.
03-12-2006, 07:35 PM
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RE: First Use of Triple Se7en
Looks like you got it just about where you want it.
From the looks of the target you must of really
had some fun. I shot up all my 777 so I got some
APP. I like the way it shoots in my Omega but I
like more the way it cleans up. And the accuracy
is good too. We have had 4 days of severe
weather about 6" of rain. It is supposed to be
decent this coming Saturday so I'm going to try &
shoot some. Will post results later. Good shooting
my friend & God Bless Danny
From the looks of the target you must of really
had some fun. I shot up all my 777 so I got some
APP. I like the way it shoots in my Omega but I
like more the way it cleans up. And the accuracy
is good too. We have had 4 days of severe
weather about 6" of rain. It is supposed to be
decent this coming Saturday so I'm going to try &
shoot some. Will post results later. Good shooting
my friend & God Bless Danny
