Well your experiences with AP are far different from mine with Clean Shot (well the quick shot pellets anyway) which is the same powder. I had crud at the breech and plastic (visible) from the skirts of the Powerbelts I was using at the time. I'll never use that crap again.

Yes I get crud, but the velocity improvement is worth it. When you add powder to equal velocity you are adding recoil. When calculating free recoil you factor in the bullet (and sabot) weight, powder weight, and velocity. If you increase one, you'll increase recoil. By adding powder to increase velocity you are increasing recoil by two factors.

What do you pay per pound? I can get it locally for 19.99 per pound. I am shooting powder now that I got on clearance from Wal-Mart. I got 5 pounds of it on clearance last year. Prices ranged from $19 to $12 dollars as time went on. I got a pound everytime they dropped the price untill it was gone.

I can't imagine how you were getting a dirty barrel with Clean Shot, I have to admit I have only shot it's predecessor (AP). I have heard no one complain about that, you might want to try the new AP.

I was at Cabelas today where they don't have AP, they have their substitute, Black Magic... Which they are trying to get $27 a pound!!!!

I think the Last AP pound I bought was $16, 777 is about 20 bucks, so about 20% cheaper.

I agree pound for pound 777 is better, you will get ~10% more velocity, but so far that is the only advantage I can find. I am a lazy person and don't like to clean my gun every shot. I am not a person who will have an opportunity at over a 150 yard shot, so the velocity is a moot point for me...

Another thing, when I was shooting 100 grains of 777 out of my gun, the recoil still would not bother me unless I was to shoot more than a couple dozen shots.

Oh yeah... What a disappointment in Cabelas... I went there with a wad of cash in my hand and returned with most of it.... Prices weren't that great... My father though almost bought a Blaser... What a pretty gun, I wish I was rich. (If you don't know they are imported by SIG, single shot break opens and bolts, engraved, interchangeable barrels and run anywhere from 3 to 5 grand).

If I could find it I might have, but nobody around here carries it that I know of. I'm far too cheap to order any. So far I'm doing well on the 5 pounds I bought of 777. Still have 2 full ones left and an opened bottle.

Understood... That is my problem.... Access to the stuff. I went to my local gunstore and had them order it, that way I avoided shipping charges. And don't get me wrong 777 is a fine powder, nothing really wrong with it, AP is just better in the areas which I find important...