rlmx

For the first time outing, for the first 5 rounds I brushed and swabbed. As a matter of fact, after #5 I cleand thoroughly. Next, want to fire three rounds in a row. The second round was difficult to load. Moving the round down the barrel to within 1" of the seat was easy. At one inch, very slow going. By the third round I was freaking out. I was worried that I was going to spark something I had to push so increadibly hard just to seat the conical.

Using Tripple 7 209s and tripple 7 50 grain pellets, used 2 per shot. Powerbelt 50 cal 245s.

What am I doing wrong? Why so incredibly hard to load?

MountainDevil54

T7 is a dirty powder and MUST be swabbed out after each shot.

sabotloader

rlmx

FG is correct in a lot of guns T7 will create a crud ring that will cause difficult loading. For some reason I really do not have a real problem with the 'crud ring' and I think part of it is related to the bore oils that I use to condition the bore.

Here is what I do to pre-make patches for this application...

rlmx

The bad thing is that I bought 2 100 pellet boxes of 777. Will other pellets do the same thing?

Gm54-120

Yes 777 pellets for me were the worst and the loose powder is a little better with those primers. You could try some Rem STS primers but i doubt it will make a difference.

Use sabotladers windex patches and it not a big deal. You want to let the barrel cool a minute anyway. The bore conditioner does seem to help too and appears to get better over time vs a fresh bore.

Its either that or use BH209 powder and make sure your breach plug is clean every 10 -20 shots.

gman57

When I used T7 pellets the above suggestions made shooting at the range much easier and more accurate. I switched to T7 fffg and it was a little better. Swabbing between shots and use of bore conditioner the answer for the pellets.