Muzzleloader for elk

[zike]

A pellet uses a binder to hold the pellet together, so a 50 gr pellet isn't all powder. Its 40gr powder and 10 gr of binder. So a 150gr load of pellets is only 120grs of powder and 2 pellets is 80gr of powder. The binder is what causes the crud ring.

I shot a 160gr of loose powder thru my 54 cal. TC one time the gun handled it fine. But it was the first time i heard the crack as the bullet broke the sound barrier and it kicked like a mule. LOL

[ctwiggs1]

Zike, do you have a source for that info?  Not that I don't believe you but that's really good info for me to have in the future!!

Curtis

[zike]

Ok you got me I made it up, just kidding. . I know I read it somewhere but its been a number of years, it could have been a site called Smokepole by a dude called Greybeard. The other thing is my manual said max load of three 50gr pellets or 120gr of loose powder.
Besides you got to know that they are using something to hold the pellets together or you'd have loose powder.

[ctwiggs1]

Totally agree with you on that!

[HUNT-HARD]

Burning it all or not its what shoots best out of my gun and I will keep using three

[zike]

Did a quick search and found this article called:

Powder pellets for dummies

http://www.chuckhawks.com/pellets_dummies.htm

So all you dummies check it out, also the product reviews are a good read and will answer your question

Another site: www.chuckhawks.com/muzzleloading_basics.htm

Check it out.