IMR POWDER (white hot pellets) has anyone tried these?
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
RE: IMR POWDER (white hot pellets) has anyone tried these?
What I really liked about this powder was the fact it grouped better without cleaning the barrel between shots and the barrel wasn't fouled like t7.
#12
I got about 7 shots before doing a patch. I didn't need to, but wanted to see if it would improve the group. Even at 7 loads the 300 gr. XTP sabot still went down the barrel of my NEF very smoothely. I like this powder very much. It was very clean and I had great groups. And I had no crud ring like 777.
I have now made up my hunting loads with this powder for the NEF. It is a little expensive, but it works!!!
#14
I can believe that. I was getting three shots touching with my 300 gr. XTPs at 50 yds. I never took the gun over to the 100 yd range. i was setting it up for three inches high at 50 yds and that would put me between 50 and 100 yds. I am impressed with the pellets and will use them for hunting season.
#15
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 4
I bought these white hots pretty much out of the blind!!
I had just arrived home with my brand new CVA optima in the real tree thumbhole stock and my neighbor was out so i showed him my new purchase and he started telling me about these pellets.
i used pyrodex in my knight .50 cal but he told me these were great and they burned real clean.
so i went to gandermountain.com and added them to my cart and then saw the extra 20 dollar charge for shipping them! so i called all over town but nobody carries these things so i went ahead and ordered them.
the next day i thought i would check the net for some reviews (which i should have done FIRST) and im seeing a very good percentage of guys claiming MISFIRES, DELAYED FIRES, NO FIRES, OR TUMBLERS!!!
im very concerned now that i have a $48.00 box of white hots i cant return and a good chance they wont shoot for crap!!
I had just arrived home with my brand new CVA optima in the real tree thumbhole stock and my neighbor was out so i showed him my new purchase and he started telling me about these pellets.
i used pyrodex in my knight .50 cal but he told me these were great and they burned real clean.
so i went to gandermountain.com and added them to my cart and then saw the extra 20 dollar charge for shipping them! so i called all over town but nobody carries these things so i went ahead and ordered them.
the next day i thought i would check the net for some reviews (which i should have done FIRST) and im seeing a very good percentage of guys claiming MISFIRES, DELAYED FIRES, NO FIRES, OR TUMBLERS!!!
im very concerned now that i have a $48.00 box of white hots i cant return and a good chance they wont shoot for crap!!
#17
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 4
well i certainly hope i have no issues either! ill be trying them out for the first time on saturday morning to get my new cva sighted in.
but i have to say when almost 40% of the reviews ive read have been negative and probably another 20 or 25% in the "theyre just ok" category im not expecting to get rid of my pyrodex just yet.
but alas i am very hopefull!
but i have to say when almost 40% of the reviews ive read have been negative and probably another 20 or 25% in the "theyre just ok" category im not expecting to get rid of my pyrodex just yet.
but alas i am very hopefull!
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Webster NY.
Posts: 189
I shoot them in my Accura and get sub one inch groups at 100yds. Have not experienced any hang fires(I have with BH-209). I think it is just a dirty as tripple 7 and I do swab between shots, it does leave a crud ring. I will most likely drill out my flash hole on the breechplug to use BH-209 next year, but for this year I will stick with the white hots.