777 is garbage
12-23-2008, 07:33 AM
#21
Join Date: Dec 2006
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RE: 777 is garbage
ORIGINAL: HuntAway
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.[&:]
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.[&:]
Amen to that HuntAway. I have found when ever I have had trouble it was from MY lack of care taken. I have learned over many years that if you want to short cut shooting a Muzzleloader then you will have troubles soon after. I have a STRICT routine I follow now. I know what I need to do at the range and I know what I need to do in the field when hunting to make things work.
12-23-2008, 08:32 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Rivesville, WV
Posts: 3,192
RE: 777 is garbage
ORIGINAL: HuntAway
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.[&:]
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.[&:]
There is no doubt, what you say is true. However if I am going to spend the prices they charge for this stuff then I want it to work the way I want it to, not the way they want it to. And if I can not use the powder in my ways then I will use something else. I have had problems with 2 different canisters of T7, and I thought I was using and storing it the right way. In othere words there is nothing mentioned yet that I did not do. And I still had problems with it. And as a hunter I wanta product that helps me, not a product I have to constantly worry about.
As MZ shooters we are all probably trying to get them to do more than what they were actually designed to do. IMO that is a big part of the problem. I know I am guilty of this. Tom.
12-25-2008, 10:04 AM
#25
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 212
RE: 777 is garbage
I have used 777 for a few years in my Omega's and really don't care for it. I don't like the gray crust, the crud ring or the cost.I currently use RS and have had no crud ring even though it is more of a clean up.The cost and is WAY lower and either way you still have to clean the bore. I have NEVER had a slow or delayed ignition from 777 but I have had trouble w/ Remington BP primers in my Omega. They would come apart @ ignition. I have not measured them compared to Winchesters for sizing but I quit using them. I have taken a few shots w/ BH209 but this stuff is just too expensive for my taste.RS is just so cheap, hold great groups and I only shoot 110 grains so the extra cost just isn't where I need to go.
Steve
Steve
