777 is garbage
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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RE: 777 is garbage
ORIGINAL: Woodrow88
I shot it the other day so I cleaned it thoroughly. It may have been some stuff in breech plug who knows?? I ran a dry patch down it before I loaded it and went hunting the day before this happened. I left gun in my truck loaded and went hunting yesterday when this happened. It could have had some condensationdevelop?? Never happened to me before but to not be able to seat another sabot for a follow up shot is not good. I use TC shockwave superglides.
I shot it the other day so I cleaned it thoroughly. It may have been some stuff in breech plug who knows?? I ran a dry patch down it before I loaded it and went hunting the day before this happened. I left gun in my truck loaded and went hunting yesterday when this happened. It could have had some condensationdevelop?? Never happened to me before but to not be able to seat another sabot for a follow up shot is not good. I use TC shockwave superglides.
I am surprised that you have such an effort loading a second shot when you are already using superglides!! I am assuming the 250gr bullet? I can't even get those down my barrel (Omega) with the standard sabot, the superglides are snug but not so bad.
#12
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mt Washington KY USA
Posts: 139
RE: 777 is garbage
TC ProHunter, I have a friend that has a endevoir and he had same problem with not being able to load a second shot in field. Man, I really like the pellets hate to go to loose powder. maybe BH209 will come out with some pellets. Yes I use 250 grainsuperglides with 100 grains of 777 pellets
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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RE: 777 is garbage
ORIGINAL: Woodrow88
TC ProHunter, I have a friend that has a endevoir and he had same problem with not being able to load a second shot in field. Man, I really like the pellets hate to go to loose powder. maybe BH209 will come out with some pellets. Yes I use 250 grainsuperglides with 100 grains of 777 pellets
TC ProHunter, I have a friend that has a endevoir and he had same problem with not being able to load a second shot in field. Man, I really like the pellets hate to go to loose powder. maybe BH209 will come out with some pellets. Yes I use 250 grainsuperglides with 100 grains of 777 pellets
#14
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,918
RE: 777 is garbage
I just don't get the aversion to loose powder a lot of guys have. I shoot loose only, and use preloaded powder tubes. I've often shot side-by-side on the range with someone shooting pellets and find loading loose powder from a tube is at least as fast and easy as pellets, perhaps faster and easier. Get yourself a supply of LaneNebrasks's powder tubes and give it a try.
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Rivesville, WV
Posts: 3,192
RE: 777 is garbage
You can count me in as another ML guy that will never use T7 again. However I think I am also going to skip the BH209 also. There is no reason(other than rape) for a powder to cost that much. I am going back to what has never let me down. 3F Black Powder. Tom.
#17
Join Date: Dec 2006
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RE: 777 is garbage
ORIGINAL: HEAD0001
You can count me in as another ML guy that will never use T7 again. However I think I am also going to skip the BH209 also. There is no reason(other than rape) for a powder to cost that much. I am going back to what has never let me down. 3F Black Powder. Tom.
You can count me in as another ML guy that will never use T7 again. However I think I am also going to skip the BH209 also. There is no reason(other than rape) for a powder to cost that much. I am going back to what has never let me down. 3F Black Powder. Tom.
#19
RE: 777 is garbage
The only time I have ever had any problems with any powder, has been when I didn't do what need to be done to ensure it went bang. This includes proper cleaning and drying of my ML'er, proper pre-loading procedures that are repeatable and proper storage of my powders.[&:]
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: grottoes,va.
Posts: 764
RE: 777 is garbage
2 yrs ago i had problems with 777 pellet misfiring ,i called and talked to a tech about it . they told me that 777 was 10 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DRAW MOISTURE THEN PYRODEX. thats when i stopped useing it. i have shot SHOCKEY'S GOLD STICKS for the past 2 seasons until 2 weeks ago when i bought a can of BH209 . this stuff is so clean ,i love it so far in my triumph.
if you save any powder from season to season try vacuum sealing it to make sure it stays dry til next yr.
if you save any powder from season to season try vacuum sealing it to make sure it stays dry til next yr.