Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: grousefether on August 12, 2014, 07:42:25 PM
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Just got my wolf northwest and gathering up everything I need to go try it out. I ment to pick up some triple 7 but got pyrodex rs. Am I going to be disappointed with it? I will be shooting conicals. Any input would be appreciated.
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Pyrodex is a good powder, it will work fine. It's also cheaper! It's just a little dirtier than Triple 7. But it really doesn't matter, with either one, you need to clean your gun at the end of the day. (if you fired it)
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:yeah: Bobcat is right. I have shot both and they both work just fine as long as you keep it dry that is . but always remember to clean your gun after shooting . will say the t 7 cleans up much faster the the rs . T7 dont seem to foul the barrel as fast as the Rs will.
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before Goex came available locally, Pyrodex RS is all I shot for years. Its a great powder. You will hear stories about how it will rot your barrel out, blah blah blah, but it boils down to CLEANING your rifle after you are done at the end of the day.
Carry some Q tips and Windex on the range as well, clean your musket nipple ( outside of it) with the q tip and windex every few shots. I found this to be important otherwise you'll get a click on some trigger pulls due to amount of soot on the nipple not allowing the musket cap to seat fully. :tup:
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Okay.... I read a couple reviews that said it wouldnt stabilize heavy conicals. Gonna try a couple different powder bullet combos and see what happens. Seems like every gun has its own personality when it comes to ammo and what it will shoot straight. Lucky for me elk have some big lungs :IBCOOL:
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In 1984 I bought my .54 renegade, I shot it many years deer hunting. I shot 430 grain Maxie balls. At first I used black powder, then I switched to Pyrodex and it closed my group up some, after that I switched to Pyrodex select and it closed my group up even more. In the end I ended up with a 2" to 2 1/2" group at 100 yards. Then I switched to T/C 3 piece sabots with 240 grain nosler JSP, I got solid 1" groups. I killed many deer with this set up. Then I bought me a T/C pro hunter a few years ago, I used pyrodex select in it also and got good results, nothing wrong with it at all. I have recently switched to BH 209, clean up is easy compared to Black Powder and other substitutes and accuracy is repeatable. If the wolf NW shoots anything like the Posts I have read about accuracy and shooting conicals, I don't think you will have any problems. Do what mountaindevil54 says and you won't have any problem. If you do call CVA & tell them what kind of powder and loads you are shooting, they will be able to help you, along with members of this forum. For greatest accuracy I would recommend cleaning between shots with a T-17 cleaning patch or a pre-saturated CVA cleaning patch, then a dry patch then loading for the next shot. Good luck
