DeathValleyMike
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Hello All
I signed up and glad I did! Looking forward to the discussions and learning some stuff along the way.
Triple Seven Pellets:
I started these pellets not long after they came out .
My Knight in-line I had at the time threw bullets all over paper at 100 yards.
Several years ago I bought a CVA OPTIMA 50 and my groups got tighter , but no where near what I wanted!
I took several deer, including my personal best with this rifle, but 4 inch groups at 100 were common.
I kept allof my shots in the mountain thickets of SC and Georgia to less than 80 anyway.
2 years ago I bought the Optima V2 and didn’t see much if any improvement.
This past deer season I decided to do a test.
I was using 3 Triple Seven Pellets . So I loaded 3 and then a Powerbelt 245.
I pushed it to my mark on the Ram rod.
Then I removed the breech plug and poured everything out.
There was busted up powder, small chunks of pellet and larger chunks.
I then repeated the process 3 more times and each time my mark on the rod was just a touch different . Not much.
I measured the distance from the end of the Ram rod to the barrel and found that I was getting 1/16 - 3/32 difference every time!
A freind told me about Blackhorn 209 and the Barnes bullets with the blue tip.
( Sorry don’t have the name between my ears right now)
I tried this setup and was getting 1.5-2.0 inch groups at 100 quickly!
My theory is that the “crush” of the pellets wasn’t consistent and therefore bullet seating wasn’t consistent.
During those tests I had a couple of pellets that only crushed about 50% and half the pellet still had the mass with an in tact hole through the center.
Between seating issues and air voids in the powder column , this has to be my issue.
I’ve been shooting and testing quite a bit and started my third can of Blackhorn.
I have had zero issues!
I would love to hear what others have to say!
Thanks
Mike
I signed up and glad I did! Looking forward to the discussions and learning some stuff along the way.
Triple Seven Pellets:
I started these pellets not long after they came out .
My Knight in-line I had at the time threw bullets all over paper at 100 yards.
Several years ago I bought a CVA OPTIMA 50 and my groups got tighter , but no where near what I wanted!
I took several deer, including my personal best with this rifle, but 4 inch groups at 100 were common.
I kept allof my shots in the mountain thickets of SC and Georgia to less than 80 anyway.
2 years ago I bought the Optima V2 and didn’t see much if any improvement.
This past deer season I decided to do a test.
I was using 3 Triple Seven Pellets . So I loaded 3 and then a Powerbelt 245.
I pushed it to my mark on the Ram rod.
Then I removed the breech plug and poured everything out.
There was busted up powder, small chunks of pellet and larger chunks.
I then repeated the process 3 more times and each time my mark on the rod was just a touch different . Not much.
I measured the distance from the end of the Ram rod to the barrel and found that I was getting 1/16 - 3/32 difference every time!
A freind told me about Blackhorn 209 and the Barnes bullets with the blue tip.
( Sorry don’t have the name between my ears right now)
I tried this setup and was getting 1.5-2.0 inch groups at 100 quickly!
My theory is that the “crush” of the pellets wasn’t consistent and therefore bullet seating wasn’t consistent.
During those tests I had a couple of pellets that only crushed about 50% and half the pellet still had the mass with an in tact hole through the center.
Between seating issues and air voids in the powder column , this has to be my issue.
I’ve been shooting and testing quite a bit and started my third can of Blackhorn.
I have had zero issues!
I would love to hear what others have to say!
Thanks
Mike