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Decided to hunt with my single trigger .50 cal Renegade this year. It had lots of dust that needed blowed off. After a do it your self trigger job (thankyou IdahoLewis) I was able to reduce my trigger from about 10 lbs to somewhere about 3 lbs.
I had originally considered going with PRB's, but after a session of trial and mostly error. I reconsidered and tried some 460 gr No Excuses. I started out using 3f Swiss but nothing grouped very good. Later I switched to 2f Swiss and seems like things started to fall into place. Starting out at 80 grains I was able to achieve a fist size group at 50 yds. Not bad (considering using a fat fiber optic front sight)but not good either. The higher in powder charge from there, the worse the group. So I decided to go down instead. I ended up settling in at 65 grains with a lubed wool wad. Ended up shooting about 1.25" group at 50yds and able to keep my shots in a 7" circle at 100 yds.
The best part is, I am sighted in 1" high at 50 yds and hitting only about 4'' low at 100.
It is kind of funny looking at my clear plastic re-loaders. The bullet volume looks larger than the powder charge volume.
Maryland's early ML season started today , but I won't get a chance to go out til Saturday due to work. Hoping I get a chance to make some smoke and fur fly this coming weekend.
Wanted to see if anyone else shot the same load and how it performs for them hunting.
I had originally considered going with PRB's, but after a session of trial and mostly error. I reconsidered and tried some 460 gr No Excuses. I started out using 3f Swiss but nothing grouped very good. Later I switched to 2f Swiss and seems like things started to fall into place. Starting out at 80 grains I was able to achieve a fist size group at 50 yds. Not bad (considering using a fat fiber optic front sight)but not good either. The higher in powder charge from there, the worse the group. So I decided to go down instead. I ended up settling in at 65 grains with a lubed wool wad. Ended up shooting about 1.25" group at 50yds and able to keep my shots in a 7" circle at 100 yds.
The best part is, I am sighted in 1" high at 50 yds and hitting only about 4'' low at 100.
It is kind of funny looking at my clear plastic re-loaders. The bullet volume looks larger than the powder charge volume.
Maryland's early ML season started today , but I won't get a chance to go out til Saturday due to work. Hoping I get a chance to make some smoke and fur fly this coming weekend.
Wanted to see if anyone else shot the same load and how it performs for them hunting.