White Hot Powder??

[Trapper62]

My brother in law and I both decided to switch to these powder pellet this year along with putting a scope on the muzzleloaders, what a mistake! We both cannot hit the broad side of a barn with them, no consistent groups and some shots not even hitting a two foot square and this is shooting from a bench utilizing a vise.

We switched back to our usual pyrodex pellets and everything came back on target and grouped. I took some of the pellets and weighted them in groups of three, 150 grains supposedly. The closest group of three pellets weighted up at 117.5 grains and the worst was 101.5 grains, individual pellets varied by 1 to 5 grains.

Just curious if anyone has had any success shooting them? I know that I will never buy them again!

 

[PrairieGhost]

It's been ok, but perhaps the worst of all the powders I have used. I prefer Blackhorn 209.

 

[jtillman]

I've always preferred pouring loose powder down rather than pellets. Quite a few years ago I weighed a couple of different brands of pellets and found they were all not-consistent in weights. I did the same with loose powder and it wasn't 100% consistent, but much better than the pellets. That was 10+ years ago, so maybe they are better now, but measuring with the loose powder seems to eliminate risk for me.

 

[Trapper62]

We talked about this also, we went to pellets about 4 years ago just because of ease of use, but are contemplating going back. I have never used Blackhorn 209, but may give it a try?

 

[dukgnfsn]

in the past I have used Hodgdon triple 7 black powder pellets and have had satisfactory results with it. I shoot iron(fiber optic) sights and not scopes so at 100 yards I was easily grouping in a pie plate with that powder and powerbelt rounds. I will most likely shoot the iron sights since there is the 1X magnification limit and I enjoy the challenge of getting it close.

 

[LBrandt]

Triple 7 for me. Pie plate at 100 yards no problem.

 

[NJL]

If it wasn't such a pain in the ass to get, i'd shoot real black powder over anything else without question. Otherwise out of all the substitutes i've tried triple 7 seems to be the most consistent.