155 gr Barnes?

[Black Locust]

Even less with smokeless in my Scout.

Nothing better than smokeless in a muzzleloader.

My inline is an H&R 1871 that I converted from .45-70 Govt to .40 cal. Drilled and tapped the breech for a 209 plug/nipple. 40 grains of Benchmark under a 155 grain Hornady XTP. Thin felt wad between powder and bullet.

Does everything I need inside of 50 yards. Great little brush gun.

 

[ElDiablo]

I think that they made them in a 175 gr as well.

Yes, Knight still had the 175s for sale pretty recently but are sold out now - and I have a bunch. Haven’t shot many to test them.

 

[LBAhunter]

Nothing better than smokeless in a muzzleloader.

My inline is an H&R 1871 that I converted from .45-70 Govt to .40 cal. Drilled and tapped the breech for a 209 plug/nipple. 40 grains of Benchmark under a 155 grain Hornady XTP. Thin felt wad between powder and bullet.

Does everything I need inside of 50 yards. Great little brush gun.

Benchmark, cut that in half. Get you some N110.

 

[Dennis Stankovitz]

Nothing better than smokeless in a muzzleloader.

My inline is an H&R 1871 that I converted from .45-70 Govt to .40 cal. Drilled and tapped the breech for a 209 plug/nipple. 40 grains of Benchmark under a 155 grain Hornady XTP. Thin felt wad between powder and bullet.

Does everything I need inside of 50 yards. Great little brush gun.

Yes, Knight still had the 175s for sale pretty recently but are sold out now - and I have a bunch. Haven’t shot many to test them.

I was thinking about using them in my optima pro for deer hunting how do you think they’d work out to 150 yards with 70 grains by weight of blackhorn?

 

[Black Locust]

Benchmark, cut that in half. Get you some N110.

I use Benchmark because it's a bulky powder.

It fills up the chamber space where the .45-70 case was.

It's also why I use the felt wad. Filler material.

But I thank you for the suggestion.

 

[ElDiablo]

I was thinking about using them in my optima pro for deer hunting how do you think they’d work out to 150 yards with 70 grains by weight of blackhorn?

The (.40 cal) 175 gr Red Hots in a .50 Optima? You’d have to give it a try. Personally, I’ve never shot great groups with a .40 bullet/.50 sabot combo. Would be pleasant to shoot though.

 

[LBAhunter]

I use Benchmark because it's a bulky powder.

It fills up the chamber space where the .45-70 case was.

It's also why I use the felt wad. Filler material.

But I thank you for the suggestion.

N110 is all I use. I had the longer plug installed in my Scout. It took most of the old 45-70 chamber out. If I'm remembering correctly, my plug holds 11gr of N110. In light loads it dang near perfect.

 

[LBAhunter]

I was thinking about using them in my optima pro for deer hunting how do you think they’d work out to 150 yards with 70 grains by weight of blackhorn?

Try the Barnes 45ACP 185gr TAC-XP.
https://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/threads/barnes-185g-tac-xp-80g-blackhorn.31702/

 

[LBAhunter]

Thanks for the replies. I had never heard of these until I saw these listed for sale. Curious if anyone has tried these. (I’d prob shoot them in an SML considerably faster than the listed 150 gr sub charge).

Yes, the faster, the better.

 

[smokepolehall]

I use a Savage BP that the end seals up against the throat when i had mine threaded. So i doubt there is 5 gr can rest down into the bushing area