Before I begin shooting my new Rem 700Ml I would
like advice from othres with this same gun?
What loads and bullets have you had success with?
In the past Ive used 100 grains of triple seven pellets and a 245 grain powerbelt in my other muzzleloaders? Has anyone tried this combo?

I got excellent results with a 400 grain PR Bullet Ultimate1 HP conical and 90 - 100 grains of Pyrodex P. No longer have my 700ML as my son-in-law had to have it. He did well with 2 Triple7 pellets and 300 grain Noslers. I had converted the rifle to 209 using the Cabela's conversion.

Be SURE to disassemble and clean that bolt thoroughly.

shot two whitetails with 295 gr. power belts and 2 pyrodex pellets. Knocked big ugly holes smooth through them. One was at about 75 yds. the other 115 yds. Shoots a little under a two inch group at 100 yds. My Remington 700 ml is the older one before they came out with the magnum.

By the way, Underclocked is giving you very good advise on the bolt. Remington sells a tool to make it very easy to take the bolt apart. That firing pin will rust up and lock up, Been there done that!

Used to use 300 grn xtp's (hornady) with 100 grns of pyrodex, 100 grns of Cleanshot (two pellets), and 90 grns of 777 FFFg. All of them would group very well at 100 yards, one inch or better. However at longer distances the groups tend to open up a bit. I also have the older one with the maximum charge of 120 grns and I shoot musket caps instead of #11 caps. I haven't converted to 209 shot primers yet, and don't know if I will.

I recently switched to 350 grn Precision Rifle bullets and 90 grn of 777FFFg and it works great out to 150 yards. Sighted in at 130 yards it is around 2.5 inches high 75 to 80 yards and 2 or 3 inches low 150.

Good luck, and keep in mind with the 700's you have to keep them really clean, especially the bolt.

Paul

My 700 ML shoots 1 inch groups at 100 yards with Barnes MZ 250 grain sabots with two 50 grain pyrodex pellets and a cci 209 primer. My CVA hunter bolt shoots a 1 1/2 inch group at 100 yards with the same charge and primer as the 700 ML. the key is the cci 209 primer with any other primer my groups open up alot.

I have been hunting with my Rem 700 ML for the last 4 years and I've been really pleased with it. The load/bullet combo I've settled on is 80 grains of Pyrodex and the Knight Red Hot sabot. Its a deadly bullet because it breaks into four parts on impact and does an awesome amount of damage. One thing you will love about the 700 ML is when you have to hunt in the rain. Keep a roll of plastic wrap in your hunting gear and when it rains, all you have to do is put on your cap, close the bolt and wrap the whole receiver area with plastic wrap and you are good to go. I've hunting all day in pouring rain and the fire lit just fine when I got back to camp.
Good luck!

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I had the infamous 700ML in stainless. I was a nice gun and shot great (when it did). I took it out about 2 weeks ago to line up a new Nikon Prostaff to get ready for early ML season. Well, I left without it being lined up. I had 3 misfires (hit the cap, but no fire). And, I thoroughly cleaned my bolt assembly. I bought the green tool to do it. I got aggrivated and left. I traded it in for a TC Thumbhole Stainless Fluted Omega and never looked back. I honesly like 700ML's. The are atractive and sleek. But, Remington needs to do something in the muzzleloader market. They haven't changed anything about it since its release (except the 209) in 1996. That is almost 9 years people. Other muzzleloader manufacturers have came up with multiple guns in that amount of time. Remington needs to offer another type of muzzleloader, breech loader or break-down or something. Since my 700 was stainless, I bought a Nikon Prostaff Silver 3-9X40 to match. MISTAKE[:@]. I used 777 and still had blackpowder burns on the bottom of the scope and the stainless Leupold DD mounts. I sold the scope/mounts on eBay and bought the Nikon Prostaff Matte version. Well, same thing. Still got blackpowder burns on the matte scope. That is aggrivating, two brand new scopes with powder burns. The 700 has a lot of backfire. Too much for me. Though, after having it only one year, the polymer tipped Hornady SST bullets shot the best. They grouped nice and helped take down a 4 point buck at 25 yards!!!