- Joined
- Jun 3, 2023
- Messages
- 3
- Reaction score
- 5
Hello, appreciate suggestions and lessons from your experience. New to muzzleloaders but not reloading center fire. Have an Accura LR-X .50 cal. on the way. With muzzle-loaders.com's muzzle brake. I will start with the ELR bullets 270 gr, and Blackhorn 209 powder as muzzle-loaders suggested. I'm well into Medicare age, going after pronghorn. Not likely to get tag again, odds less than 2%. Oh. Peep sights, starting with Williams Western Precision Sight.
My primary question is what powder jump increments are suggested in testing for my best load? 3 grains, 5 grains, 10 grains? I do plan to weigh out each load. Muzzleloaders accomplished .65" groups "with 100 grains" (I assume that's a volume measure but probably weighed) per: Finally Tested the Hodgdon Firestar Pellets!
My guess is 5ish, 3 seems too fine an increment for dumping powder down a long barrel, 10 gr seems too course, but would like to hear results from other muzzleoaders. Appreciate the help. Apologies if my searches failed to find the right threads. I am familiar with using a course increment and then a finer element for fine tuning "ladder" tests. And yes, I'm trying to save dollars
My primary question is what powder jump increments are suggested in testing for my best load? 3 grains, 5 grains, 10 grains? I do plan to weigh out each load. Muzzleloaders accomplished .65" groups "with 100 grains" (I assume that's a volume measure but probably weighed) per: Finally Tested the Hodgdon Firestar Pellets!
My guess is 5ish, 3 seems too fine an increment for dumping powder down a long barrel, 10 gr seems too course, but would like to hear results from other muzzleoaders. Appreciate the help. Apologies if my searches failed to find the right threads. I am familiar with using a course increment and then a finer element for fine tuning "ladder" tests. And yes, I'm trying to save dollars