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So 16 years or so ago, I had a gunsmith friend that wanted to take advantage of a distributer promotion. The distributer had a bunch of New/Old Stock Austin Halleck in-line Muzzleloaders. I got one with the synthetic stock, and he bought the upgrade with a beautiful maple stock. We played with them a bit at the range, and then my hunting plans changed and he decided to hunt with a centerfire that he had built in GS school.
I sold my Austin Halleck the next year to a guy at work who had been bugging me to buy it. The next year I asked my Gunsmith friend about his, and he said he sold it because he couldn't get it to "Group" before Bear Season, but he took it anyway and he missed a nice bear so he sold the rifle as he figured it was the gun. He told me he was sorry he had sold it, because he had since learned that the Pyrodex he had been using wasn't "Fresh" and that is why the accuracy was off on the Austin Halleck. He said that he had learned that Pyrodex had to be fresh to be consistent.
I hear people all the time talk about old ammo and old powder and old primers and I kno0w that as long as its kept in a dry space ammo/powder and primers last adn last and don't "Go Bad"....is Pyrodex the same or????
Thanks
I sold my Austin Halleck the next year to a guy at work who had been bugging me to buy it. The next year I asked my Gunsmith friend about his, and he said he sold it because he couldn't get it to "Group" before Bear Season, but he took it anyway and he missed a nice bear so he sold the rifle as he figured it was the gun. He told me he was sorry he had sold it, because he had since learned that the Pyrodex he had been using wasn't "Fresh" and that is why the accuracy was off on the Austin Halleck. He said that he had learned that Pyrodex had to be fresh to be consistent.
I hear people all the time talk about old ammo and old powder and old primers and I kno0w that as long as its kept in a dry space ammo/powder and primers last adn last and don't "Go Bad"....is Pyrodex the same or????
Thanks