Yeah,I still like the 120gr T7 loose load,for range work!
My gun can't tell much diffrence in T7,or Pyrodex,but my cleaning (jag/ram rod) can! Since I've went to the Bore Butter route, ( flame suite on) of 2 patches one with windex,and one dry, followed by a patch with a light coating of BB on it,between shots the gun has never loaded,or shot better!
! It also cleans easier between shots,and is effortless to load. It has also ended my quest to find a easy loading bullet/sabot combo. I can now load T/C Shock Waves with the factory supplied sabot,with one hand,and no ball starter. The gun also shoots to the same POI from the first shot,to the last! I don't know how it all comes together,but it works in my gun,and two other (friends) guns as well. The light film of BB must help the sabot survive it's hard ride down the bore better. What we have found is,the sabots fired without BB are litterly destroyed,(petals missing, bases mushroomed way out,and a general look of being burnt up). The sabots picked up down range,shot through a "lubed" bore look like you could use them again!
I don't really know how it works,it may be like a round ball load with the lube protecting the patch on the ball,the BB may be protecting the sabot,thus increasing the accuracy? Like I said before, I don't really know for sure what it does,but I do know it has worked in a Pro Hunter,Knight,and a Omega. All have loaded easier,and shot more accurate,using this system. I don't think BB is the only answer to this. There may be lubes that work as well/or better (I plan on trying other patch lubes) after the season is over. I didn't come up with this combination,I was told to try it from another shooter. I kinda thought it was "off the wall" but what the heck,I'd give it a try. I was expecting it to load easier,but never dreamed of the accuracy improving too! :shock: Ron