Olde Eynsford 1.5 fg, first time try

[exMember]

Nothing great at 50 yards but the bullseye was just way to huge for any reasonable accuracy.

70gr Olde Eynsford 1.5 fg, .020" patch, .490 round ball. Recovered patches were gorgeous.
Reloading on a dirty bore was nothing! This has got to be the cleanest powder I've shot to date.
Next time I will up the charge to 80gr and see how she does. Also will change out that target! I need something around 2 to 3 inches diameter at 50 yards.

 

[Buck Conner1]

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Like anything else, you have to work with it to fill your needs.

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[exMember]

Traditions St.Louis Hawken .50cal at 100 yards today. 2 shots using 6 o clock hold. Next 2, I used 12 O clock hold. Only difference was my seating pressure and as you can see, heavy seating pressure did not affect the group size nor the impact. Shes right about 3" high at 100 yards. I do prefer to be dead on, but that's ok, I have plenty of time before I find out if I drew an elk tag or not.

Load was 80gr 1.5fg Olde Eynsford, .020" patch and a .490" round ball. No swabbing. I found earlier that this powder did not react well at all to a water based patch lube, but my hunting lube, it loved. Bullseye diameter is 3"

That top group is really tight compared to the lower, so I am going experiment more next time and try that heavy seating pressure again.

 

[Marty1]

Good shootin' there FG.