Triple 7 vs. Shockey Gold
#12
Nontypical Buck
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From: Moravia NY USA
#13
Spike
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From: Mechanicsville Md USA
At the range a week ago a young fella was trying to shoot in a MZ with JS Gold. The powder didn't burn completely, looked like a dying roman candle. Bullets all over the paper. After about 10 shots, I took pity on him and let him try some 777. Instant change in performance. He threw out the JSG and headed for Wal-Mart for some 777. Heard of others not happy with JSG. Me-I'm sticking to 777.
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Giant Nontypical
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At the range a week ago a young fella was trying to shoot in a MZ with JS Gold. The powder didn't burn completely, looked like a dying roman candle. Bullets all over the paper. After about 10 shots, I took pity on him and let him try some 777. Instant change in performance. He threw out the JSG and headed for Wal-Mart for some 777. Heard of others not happy with JSG. Me-I'm sticking to 777.
Of course he stocks 777 and Blackhorn as well as Pyrodex so we have all we need.
#15
U-all
If you are going to shoot APP/JSG at the reduced velocity that it works at why not just shoot GOEX, it even provides a little more velocity and does not absorb the moisture as does the APP powders what ever name they go by. With GOEX you will at least get a boom every time if you protect the load. With the APP's it is questionable right out of the jug!
I bought a jug of JSG-3f last summer - never opened it. Thought I might use it for shooting PRB's @ Rhondies but opted for T7 instead. Opened the jug early in January it was all big chunks in the bottle. Guess I could have stirred it up and broke it up - probably even got most of it to shoot... but it just raised to many questions. Should have saved it for a fizzy for the 4th of July - dang!
If you are going to shoot APP/JSG at the reduced velocity that it works at why not just shoot GOEX, it even provides a little more velocity and does not absorb the moisture as does the APP powders what ever name they go by. With GOEX you will at least get a boom every time if you protect the load. With the APP's it is questionable right out of the jug!
I bought a jug of JSG-3f last summer - never opened it. Thought I might use it for shooting PRB's @ Rhondies but opted for T7 instead. Opened the jug early in January it was all big chunks in the bottle. Guess I could have stirred it up and broke it up - probably even got most of it to shoot... but it just raised to many questions. Should have saved it for a fizzy for the 4th of July - dang!
#16
i do not shoot Goex for the same reason i stopped using 777; the stuff is dirty: Swabbing the bore after every shot is not my cup of tea; neither is a crud ring. Over the years i've used a lot of JSG and never got a bad can of the stuff. Some of my best 100 yard groups were fired using JSG. Two of my longest shots on game animals were made with JSG; 170 and 192 laser transit measured yards.



