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How consistent can the load be if you push all that left over crud down on top of the powder when you seat the bullet? Crud gets mixed with the powder and crud increases the distance of the bullet from the spark.

Why not practice as if we were hunting? If you missed while hunting, you would have to reload quickly and take a second shot from a dirty barrel.Ĭonsistent shooting requires consistent loading and cleaning. I use powder for my first clean barrel shot and reload with pellets for a quick second shot. Once with the clean barrel at one target and once with the dirty barrel at a second target. NOTE: I actually shoot two times before cleaning. Not if you are just shooting for fun, but if you want to shoot for accuracy, like when sighting in your gun or working up a load, then Yes! You really need to clean the barrel and breech plug after every shot (or every other shot). Do You Really Have to Clean the Barrel after Every Shot? Look for a post in the future about making fishing sinkers out of Powerbelt bullets.

Plus, later I learned that Powerbelts have poor ballistic coefficients and very poor weight retention when compared to other bullets. I could never shoot better than 3 inch groups with Powerbelts (245 or 295 grain Aerotip) at 100 yards. Did the salesman at the sporting goods store lie to me? No, Powerbelt bullets probably worked well for him in his muzzleloader, but they did not work well in my TC encore. What about those Powerbelt bullets? There are so easy to load.

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I have learned that Barnes T-EZ muzzleloader bullets shoot best in my TC Pro Hunter. The sabots that go with these bullets also come in different thickness, so it should be obvious that different barrels will perform better with different bullet and sabot combinations because they fit differently. Hornady bullets actually measure 0.452 inches, Barnes bullets are 0.451 and Sierra bullets are 0.4515 inches. Other brands may not be consistent from one gun to the next.Īlso, the 45 caliber bullets we use in our 50 cal muzzleloaders are not all exactly 0.45 inches. Savage barrels are consistently 0.501 and Knight rifles are consistently 0.502 inches. Thompson Center (TC) barrels are produced very consistently at 0.500 inches. Differences in Muzzleloader Barrels and Bulletsįor starters, different manufacturers of 50 cal barrels may have different sized barrels. It’s your job to discover that combination and it requires systematic testing to discover the best combination. Some guns shoot best with different bullets and different amounts of powder. Do not test any loads of modern powder in your muzzleloader unless you are certain it can withstand the pressures.įor another reason, even mass produced modern guns can have their own peculiarities. Flat trajectories and increased energy at the point of impact are usually good characteristics for hunting.įor one reason, there are many muzzleloaders that are not capable of shooting anything close to “magnum” loads. So, why shouldn’t we use the maximum 150 grain loads if our guns can handle the stress? Stands to reason that maximum load creates maximum velocity, which creates a flatter trajectory. Pure non-sense, but back to the problem at hand – achieving 1 inch accuracy with your muzzleloader.

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I also wasted several weeks trying to learn how to “season” my barrel like a cast iron frying pan. If you’re not laughing at me by now, then you are the person I wrote this post for and I can help you shoot more accurately.

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What kind of bad advice was I given? Here are a few examples: Free Bad Advice Given while Learning to Shoot My Muzzleloader They were having problems because they had been given some of the same bad advice I was given. Most modern muzzleloaders should be capable of shooting one inch groups at 100 yards even if every shooter is not. I say trying, because I no longer consider 6 inch groups at 50 yards to be getting the job done. This week, I watched two young men trying to shoot their new muzzleloaders. I was not the only beginning muzzleloader to be given bad advice. That bad advice set me back many months before I learned how to clean, load and shoot accurately. now, but back then I was glad for any advice I could get. When I first bought my modern inline muzzleloader, I relied on the advice of too many people that didn’t know what they were talking about.