Many years ago...16-20, I was hunting with various m.l.rifles. I can remember the loading I used for all but one of them. I have a Knight,50 cal. inline. As I remember I was using a 45 cal hornaday pistol bullet,in a sabot with 80 gr.of 2x black powder. Can anyone confirm that this was a good load and a safe one? Or should I just start over using the more modern black powder equivalents???Give me your opinions,everyone's got one.....
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Muzzle loader help needed
Collapse
X
-
Originally posted by Winman View PostMany years ago...16-20, I was hunting with various m.l.rifles. I can remember the loading I used for all but one of them. I have a Knight,50 cal. inline. As I remember I was using a 45 cal hornaday pistol bullet,in a sabot with 80 gr.of 2x black powder. Can anyone confirm that this was a good load and a safe one? Or should I just start over using the more modern black powder equivalents???Give me your opinions,everyone's got one.....
-
You could use a Knight Bloodline Sabot. A little expensive.. They guarantee sub moa with them. The 250gr or 275gr are great for deer.. 300gr is great too but not needed.. Good for if you also want to take something bigger like Elk or if you want to start shooting past 200 yards..
As for powder I've had best luck with 110gr Blackhorn 209 (by volume), but 100gr also works well.. You can go up to 120gr max..Last edited by Deers & Beers; 02-15-2018, 07:37 PM.
Comment
-
I would buy some 50gr/50cal pyrodex pellets for the powder and use two. Get some 245gr powebelt bullets and the same Hornaday 240gr sabots and see which your gun likes best. I’ve killed deer with both. The Powerbelts shoots best in my Remington ml700. When using the pyrodex pellets there is a rough and smooth end. You want to face the rough end toward the primer. Unless your trying to shoot long distance there no need in using 150grs of powder in my opinion.
Comment
Comment