My nephew has a .50 inline CVA that he has a BIG problem with, to the point of being dangerous I think. He is using 2: 50 gr Pyrodex pellets and 295 gr Powerbelts. When he loads on a clean barrel, everything is good. BUT when he loads after just 1 shot, the Powerbelt is a good 1/4" to 1/2" away from the powder charge, based on the ramrod!! That is definately not a good thing.

I have no experience with inlines, but I want to help him resolve this. With my traditional Pedersoli, shooting 80 gr loose 777, I can go at least 4 to 5 shots with a Powerbelt before I can really start to feel it get hard to load at the bottom. Any ideas what could be going on?

777 creates a crud ring, this is why your having the problem your having.take a mixture of 50/50 windex/alcohol and apply a small amount to a patch ( don't saturate it) and swab between shots.swab pull patch out and flip it and swab again and your problem will be solved. do not continue to shoot the rifle if the bullet isn't seated firmly on the powder. IT"S DANGEROUS and could possibly bulge or blow up the barrel.

Sounds to me it is due to a crud ring. Is he swabbing before firing another round?

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Sorry, I should not have confused things with what I shoot. My nephew is shooting Pyrodex pellets. I have told him NOT to shoot any more til we get this worked out. IMHO, he should not have to swab between every shot...or is that typical of inlines? As I said, my only experience is with my traditional and loose powder.

inlines and traditional rifles, i swab between shots with the mix stated earlier. I figure, you are going to hunt on an clean bore. target shoot with an pretty clean bore.

as for the pellets, I don't like them. they seem dirtier then loose.

Thats not a gun problem, thats just the crud ring T7 - Pyrodex - American Pioneer create due to the heat from the 209 primers. You have to swab in between shots in order to get past it.

You don't get a crud ring at the bottom of the bore with a #11 cap due to them producing low heat.

Using pellets the box does not seal good and if they gather some moisture the first sign will be burning very dirty the next might be hang fires at first only a little after that like a flinter.
Try letting him use a few loads of your loose if that solves the problem then loose powder is a good answer the cans seal much better.

pyrodex can cause the crud ring also.either way swab between shots and i am willing to bet the problem goes away.i still swab between shot when i shoot the wolverine and conicals..not a big deal.

Use rubbing alchol on a patch between shots, cheap and works well. After you do it look through the fire channel,if plugged use a nipple pick or snap a cap or primer.
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