Muzzleloader for elk

[ctwiggs1]

Hey guys,

Just a quick question for you pros out there.  I'm shooting 300 grain sabots right now, is that sufficient for elk?  I'm open to switching bullets, but I want to make sure that by July I am shooting what I will be shooting in October.

Thanks!

Curtis

[RG]

Yep, as long as they are pretty accurate in your gun.

[ctwiggs1]

I plan on spending July and August testing 3-5 different brands of 300-325ish and see what groups the best.  I've got a 1" group at 50 yards (2" at 100) with .223 grain, so I know the gun and I can pull it off.

Curtis

[HUNT-HARD]

I use 295 grain with 15o grains of pellets and have never had a problem.

[ctwiggs1]

150??  Wow!  I've been using 95 on granular! 

[HUNT-HARD]

Yes three 50 grain pellets. 150 grains with a 295 grain SST sabot.

[HntnFsh]

Yes three 50 grain pellets. 150 grains with a 295 grain SST sabot.

Waste of powder!

[HUNT-HARD]

How is that a waste of powder if my gun shoots that load the best? I would shoot only 120 grains if they were 60 grain pellets but their not. There are five guys in our camp and we all shoot the same load. When the freezers are full of meat I can handle a little waste of powder

[ctwiggs1]

How is that a waste of powder if my gun shoots that load the best? I would shoot only 120 grains if they were 60 grain pellets but their not. There are five guys in our camp and we all shoot the same load. When the freezers are full of meat I can handle a little waste of powder

Well I am certainly not going to argue with someone who obviously has had success!

[Labs07]

I used 250 gr barns bullet with 120 gr pyrodex.  I took a bull and a cow in 2012 and a deer in 2011 with this combo.  None of the animals took more than two steps.

[HUNT-HARD]

 

[RG]

I use 295 grain with 15o grains of pellets and have never had a problem.

Wow, kaboom!!  90 grains is enough in my gun.

[Beargravy]

I have done a lot of experiments with bullets, powders, caps, ect.For me a 310 knight lead sabot, 3 50gr. pyrodex pellets and a cci musket cap have performed well.That 3rd pellet really makes a difference in my experience.

[SnakeEyes]

I have been told somewhere along the line that it takes more pellets to have the same effect as powder. My gun shot really well with 3 - 50 grain Triple 7 pellets and the velocity was quite a bit better than when I shot 2 - pellets. I have now switched to powder because quicker more reliable ignition. There is a lag sometimes with the ignition when using pellets. I think I am using the 290 grain Barnes bullet.

[Beargravy]

The pyrodex pellets always go boom for me and 3 pellets definetly has more punch.A friend and I both used the load I described and had no trouble dispatching two giant Nooksack bulls last season.When u are shaking like crazy pellets way easier to reload.