Triple 7 vs. Shockey Gold
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Spent a couple of hours Saturday sighting in the scope I had remounted on my T/C Encore 209x50. Started with some Shockey Gold that I had left over. Got good groups soon with little effort, then decided to chronograph the load. I was using 120 gr. (by volume) with a 300 gr. BT bullet with sabots from Precision which I had used before with good results in my gun. The load only chronographed about 1500 fps. I decided to try an equal load of Triple 7 and got velocities of about 1920 fps! My groups printed about 2 inches higher at 100 yards with the Triple 7, but still got good groups. With just some scope adjustment for elevation, I soon had the gun shooting right where I wanted it in preparation for an Arizona muzzleloader hunt for elk that I have drawn in Area 22 South in late September. The Shockey Gold produced significantly less fouling as advertised, but for a hunt where I may have shots in excess of 200 yards, I am not going to sacrifice 400+ fps and a flatter trajectory for some cleaning or reloading convenience!
Last edited by DocHunter; 07-27-2010 at 07:33 PM. Reason: Omitted state name of hunt location.
#2
Boone & Crockett
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
That's pretty typical of my experience with JSG vs. T7 Doc. JSG has it's uses for me (plinking & playing) but the price is too high for what it is. However, I'll buy every canister I can get if I find a really good sale.
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Giant Nontypical
Joined: Nov 2005
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That is a 25 percent deficiency and that's what I had to when I used it and besides that I had several cans that would not group, brand new cans now I do not trust the stuff, besides being anemic some is just plain bad.



