MUZZLE LOADER SHOOTING FREE

In this episode he shoots and shoots and shoots, he has to move up to 50 yards just to hit paper, and shoots even more. He goes out to sight in his “Encore 50 x 209”.

Dave was up in Canada on a muzzleloader hunt for deer. Shortly after all of my issues, I watched an episode of Realtree with David Blanton on the Outdoor Channel. Adult man in period military costume, firing a muzzle-loading. I will never use T-7 again BK-209 is my powder of choice for modern muzzloading. Muzzle loader Stock Photo A primitive pistol - muzzle loader, home made from wood and pipe. I believe 95% of the problems were due to Triple 7 the other 5% a bad barrel. This runs 1922 feet per second and printed. MMP Black HPH 12 sabot & Barnes 275 grain. My pet load is 110 grains of BK-209 with a CCI-209M primer. Finally I had what I wanted this rifle to shoot like it should. I contact Accurate Arms the makers of BK-209 and they recommend a magnum 209 primer for this powder, so I stuck with my CCI-209M. I found a new barrel on a Christmas sale and bought it.Īfter setting up the scope I went with BK-209 and various sabot loads. About a month later the screw that holds the forearm standoff to the barrel striped out. I started off with 90 grains, for the 1st time ever this barrel finally was able to hit the same spot. I gave it a try with MMP green sabots (44cal) a 240 grain XTP and CCI-209M primer. I saw an advertisement about BK-209 that was designed for muzzleloaders. I read about the T-7 crud ring, this primer or that primer ect. Upon receipt of the barrel, I again repeated the above steps with the accuracy still horrible. Taking matters into my own hands I sent this barrel to SSK Industries had them removed the QLA and recrown the barrel (knowing this would void any warranty) but didn’t care. I read about some issues with the QLA at the end of the barrel, I contact the writer that ran the story and he said it’s common that The QLA throws the accuracy way off.

MUZZLE LOADER SHOOTING FREE

I consulted TC they sent me a free box of 250 grain 45 cal sabot – shock-waves. I reset the scope and repeated the above, the results were the same. Our rifles & smooth bores have been reviewed and evaluated in many shooting publications including Black Powder Times, Guns & Ammo, Gun Week, Muzzleloader. It was replaced by Simmons with no questions asked within two weeks. I blamed the scope and sent it in for repair (not holding zero). The scope was a Simmons 44m 3.5 x 10 - TC base with Millet rings.

Off the bench I could not hit the same spot twice even at 50 yards. Various primers, load combinations made no improvement. The powder was granular Triple 7 both FFg & FFFg. New Encore accuracy was out right horrible, it did not matter what combination of bullet, sabot used. Purchased Encore 50 x 209 to replace an older Knight BK-92 I have posted on this topic in the past but here are my notes:

Muzzle loader shooting