BGHUNTER00

Thanks to everyone who gave me some advice on a previous post about long distance antelope loads. I did a lot of shooting and here are the results from my T/C Omega. 1" groups at 100yds, 1 1/2" groups at 150 yds, and 3 1/2" groups at 200 yds. I shot the 200g shockwave with 120g of loose pyrodex powder and the new remington Kleenbore 209 primers. The primers probably cut the fouling in half compared to the ones I used before.

This shooting was obviously from a bench rest and absolutely no wind. A friend of mine had the same equipment as above, but he attempted to shoot 150g of 777 pellets. This combination was horrible as it was way too much powder. Once he went down to 100g of 777 pellets he shot very well.

I then attempted to shoot the 245g aerotip powerbelt (same gun same powder charge) and it shot great at 100 yds. Past 100 yds this bullet really looses trajectory and it was nearly a foot lower than the shockwave combination at 200 yds. I'm very impressed with my gun/load and will let you all know how my hunt turns out this Sept. Thanks again.

cayugad

It sounds like you have tuned that fiddle just fine... Good luck with the antelope hunt. By the way, how did you like the new Remington Clean Bore Primers for a muzzleloader?

BGHUNTER00

I really liked them. I could tell no difference from the other brands I've used except it cuts down on about half of the barrel fouling. My friend used 777 pellets and I used loose pyrodex and the residue in the barrel after each shot was nearly identical on our patches as we cleaned them. $6 for 100 primers at Wal Mart.My other friend shoots a beartooth magnum thatwould develop a bad crud ring and it definately helpedhim out. I would recomend them.

cayugad

I just picked up some Winchester WML209 primers made for muzzleloaders at Wally World today when I was there. They had them for $3.95 for 100 I think it was. They also had the Remington. I will be testing the Winchester and see how well they behave. Maybe even tomorrow..