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I was working up some new loads for the Renegade with the stainless steel Green Mountain fast twist barrel 1:28 rate. The barrel has the Thompson Center 1x scope on it. I was going to try Goex 2f and Triple Se7en 2f for powders. I wanted to shoot some Hornady XTP 300 grain .430 diameter in Harvester Crushed Rib sabots. I also wanted to shoot some 375 grain Buffalo Bullet SSB's. I had purchased some Remington 40% hotter, #11 caps to give a fair try to again.
The range session did not start well at all. I swabbed the barrel as normal and popped three Remington #11 caps through the gun. I loaded 100 grains of Goex 2f and the Hornady 300 grain .430 XTP. I had the orange card set up at 50 yards. Pulled the trigger and nothing happened. Recapped, pulled the trigger the cap fired but the rifle did not. So I took a nipple pick and picked it clean of something these caps throw into the nipple. Then I put a grain of Goex right down the nose of the nipple and capped it again. This time there was a hang fire but the rifle fired. So with pure isopropyl alcohol I swabbed the barrel, ran two dry patches, popped a cap. And then loaded again.
This time I fired and it went off perfect. Perhaps the pure alcohol swab helped... who knows. So I loaded for the third shot and it fired fine again. Seeing the rifle was hitting approximately 2 inches high, I changed my POA and shot the rest of them. I had three misfires in the rest of the with the Remington caps. I did note that as I shot, the rifle was getting more and more dirty using the Goex. I could feel it as I swabbed with the pure alcohol patches.
Over all I was very pleased with the accuracy and the power of the load. It would make an excellent deer load I decided. Especially when you consider this is about as far as I would have to shoot.
I then took some Rusty Duck and swabbed the barrel clean. I also took an alcohol patch and swabbed the barrel. Then I took three dry patches and swabbed the barrel. Now I decided to change out cards and loads.
So I loaded 100 grains of Triple Se7en 2f and a Buffalo Bullet SSB. I capped it with a Remington cap and the cap fired but the charge did not. So I tried three more caps and could not get the thing to go off. So I took some Goex and put that down the nose of the nipple and capped it. This time there was a slight delay but it fired. I actually fired three rounds before I swabbed. Seeing that these rounds were hitting to the right, I adjusted my POA and fired the rest.
For some reason the Triple Se7en was not making a crud ring of any type, and the projectiles loaded perfect. After the third shot I decided to swab with a little Rusty Duck. After that I ran five dry patches down the rifle. I also popped two Remington Caps. I loaded and ... it did not fire.
This time instead of messing around with these Remington Caps, I got out my Dynamite Nobel RWS 1075+ caps. I capped the rifle and it fired fine. I then shot the rest of those shots with a slight adjustment in my POA and they shot perfect and grouped very well for a 1x scope set up.
Over all I am impressed with the rifle, the loads, and the accuracy. I am not impressed with the Remington Caps. I bought them for my Bison Rifle but since I changed nipples on that I have not needed them anymore.
I think I might hunt with the Buffalo Bullet SSB bullets and the Triple Se7en powder, but I am going to primer the bolster when hunting. I am not taking any chances, I will be using my RWS caps as well.
The range session did not start well at all. I swabbed the barrel as normal and popped three Remington #11 caps through the gun. I loaded 100 grains of Goex 2f and the Hornady 300 grain .430 XTP. I had the orange card set up at 50 yards. Pulled the trigger and nothing happened. Recapped, pulled the trigger the cap fired but the rifle did not. So I took a nipple pick and picked it clean of something these caps throw into the nipple. Then I put a grain of Goex right down the nose of the nipple and capped it again. This time there was a hang fire but the rifle fired. So with pure isopropyl alcohol I swabbed the barrel, ran two dry patches, popped a cap. And then loaded again.
This time I fired and it went off perfect. Perhaps the pure alcohol swab helped... who knows. So I loaded for the third shot and it fired fine again. Seeing the rifle was hitting approximately 2 inches high, I changed my POA and shot the rest of them. I had three misfires in the rest of the with the Remington caps. I did note that as I shot, the rifle was getting more and more dirty using the Goex. I could feel it as I swabbed with the pure alcohol patches.
Over all I was very pleased with the accuracy and the power of the load. It would make an excellent deer load I decided. Especially when you consider this is about as far as I would have to shoot.
I then took some Rusty Duck and swabbed the barrel clean. I also took an alcohol patch and swabbed the barrel. Then I took three dry patches and swabbed the barrel. Now I decided to change out cards and loads.
So I loaded 100 grains of Triple Se7en 2f and a Buffalo Bullet SSB. I capped it with a Remington cap and the cap fired but the charge did not. So I tried three more caps and could not get the thing to go off. So I took some Goex and put that down the nose of the nipple and capped it. This time there was a slight delay but it fired. I actually fired three rounds before I swabbed. Seeing that these rounds were hitting to the right, I adjusted my POA and fired the rest.
For some reason the Triple Se7en was not making a crud ring of any type, and the projectiles loaded perfect. After the third shot I decided to swab with a little Rusty Duck. After that I ran five dry patches down the rifle. I also popped two Remington Caps. I loaded and ... it did not fire.
This time instead of messing around with these Remington Caps, I got out my Dynamite Nobel RWS 1075+ caps. I capped the rifle and it fired fine. I then shot the rest of those shots with a slight adjustment in my POA and they shot perfect and grouped very well for a 1x scope set up.
Over all I am impressed with the rifle, the loads, and the accuracy. I am not impressed with the Remington Caps. I bought them for my Bison Rifle but since I changed nipples on that I have not needed them anymore.
I think I might hunt with the Buffalo Bullet SSB bullets and the Triple Se7en powder, but I am going to primer the bolster when hunting. I am not taking any chances, I will be using my RWS caps as well.