Thanks for the info Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess I will stay with the T7. RAF, I can use my muzzy in the regualar gun season but will use my 30-06 at that time. 5 days before the regular gun season we can use a muzzy and round about the last week of the season in Jan. we can use either/or in my county, but if using a muzzy, you can take does, with a regular center fire it is bucks only. But I will probably already have my 3 buck limit by then. I hunt Alabama. The CVA muzzy that I have can be bought at Walmart for around $100 or less. Thank you all so much.
Woody
Woody, the triple se7en really is the way to go
IF YOUR RIFLE LIKES IT. The rotten egg smell is just a fact of the sport that you sometimes have to put up with. Pyrodex RS is another great consistant powder. So is Triple Se7en, but not all rifles like Triple Se7en.
Also I would go to loose powder. Granted pellets are easy and seem for a couple days of hunting an easy solution to the powder problem, but if you go pellets, shoot them off each year. I have heard more people tell me that their pellets went bad. Although it never happened to me. But then, my powder never stays around the house for long.
From the description and price you quoted for your rifle, I will guess that it s a Buckhorn Magnum or a CVA Wolf. I would lean more to the Buckhorn Magnum being under $100 bucks.
I shoot a CVA Staghorn Magnum which the Buckhorn Magnum replaced. If I load 90 grains of loose Pyrodex RS and many different projectiles, this $89.00 rifle will really shoot. The fit and finish of the rifle might be poor, but the accuracy of it is amazing to say the least when I compare it to some of my more expensive rifles. I shoot a 245 grain powerbelt out of it with 90 grains of powder and for some reason this rifle loves that load. I am not saying yours will too, but most rifles like one load better then all others. I was lucky to find this load for mine.
A good barrel swab is Windex. Just a little on a patch and you swab in short strokes down the barrel between shots. Then a couple dry patches. All the crud rings go away, and the sabots or what ever you are shooting loads much better. I use a 50/50 mix of car windshield washer fluid and isopropyl 91% alcohol when I swab the barrel. The washer fluid is the cleaner and the alcohol is the drying agent. The moisture just seems to come out of the barrel better for me this way.
Good luck with your rifle. Be sure to let us know how it does on the range for you..