209 x 50 encore loads
02-08-2004, 07:14 AM
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lee , New Hampshire
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209 x 50 encore loads
Anyone done any testing with different loads and bullets..I have done limited testing and just looking to save some time..maybe.
Looking for a 200 yard group, 150 grain ? for Elk & Mulies
Has anyone ever cut the factory pyrodex 50 grain loads down?
Looking for a 200 yard group, 150 grain ? for Elk & Mulies
Has anyone ever cut the factory pyrodex 50 grain loads down?
02-08-2004, 07:40 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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RE: 209 x 50 encore loads
Have never tried to cut one down but hodgdon said that you can mix powder with pellets as long a the pellet goes in first. I have tried it with one pellet and 30 grns. Pyro and it works for a range load, don't know about hunting with it .
hmcpop
hmcpop
02-09-2004, 07:54 PM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 170
RE: 209 x 50 encore loads
They also make 30 grain pellets, and maybe even 25 grain pellets. No need to cut them down at all.
PErsonally, I use the loose pyrodex so I can customize the loads a little more.
I use 90 grains of pyrodex and the 295 grain powerbelts hollow tip copper bullets. I can get a 1" grouping out of them at 100 yards. Since I am shooting open sights, I have never even tried any shots longer than 100 yards. My eyes just can't handle that long of a shot without a scope.
Matt
PErsonally, I use the loose pyrodex so I can customize the loads a little more.
I use 90 grains of pyrodex and the 295 grain powerbelts hollow tip copper bullets. I can get a 1" grouping out of them at 100 yards. Since I am shooting open sights, I have never even tried any shots longer than 100 yards. My eyes just can't handle that long of a shot without a scope.
Matt
02-11-2004, 09:59 AM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Glenwood Iowa
Posts: 880
RE: 209 x 50 encore loads
I currently shoot two 777 50 grain pellets behind a Hornady SST sabot with good results out to 125 yards. T/C says you can load 3 50 grain 777 pellets and I have done so,,,but it knocks the snot out of you. I'd have to practice a bunch more to try a two hundred yard shot with mine. I've seen it done on TV but believe very little of what I find there.[8D] Give this load a try. Do you have Dental insurance? Cause it's going to loosen some fillings.
02-11-2004, 04:55 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,922
RE: 209 x 50 encore loads
I have encountered posts from (2) forum members esewhere. Both were different Encore shooters who have harvested deer at 200+ yards using (3) Pyrodex 50-pellets with T/C Shockwave 250 grains and/or Hornady SSTs 250 grains.
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02-11-2004, 08:57 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Delaware U.S.A.
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RE: 209 x 50 encore loads
With my Encore 50 cal. this past white tail season. I harvested eight deer, three of these were shot at 200+ yds. The load was two 50 gr. and one 30gr. Pyrodex pellets, Hornady 250gr. SST and a Remington 209-4 primer. At 200yds. this rifle and load shoot sub 4" groups. Good luck with your shooting. TTT seven watts with the Gray Beard boycott.
