Hunting Washington Forum

Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: arrowflinger on October 18, 2007, 09:19:51 AM

Title: Help a Newbie
Post by: arrowflinger on October 18, 2007, 09:19:51 AM: Triple 7 pellets and #11 caps, will this work.........I read that the Triple 7 was design with the 209 primer in mind. Just getting started with Muzzleloading..........

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Help a Newbie
Post by: 50CalJim on October 18, 2007, 11:39:08 AM: I've been using Triple 7 loose powder & #11 Remington caps for a couple yrs & I've never had a problem with it igniting. I tried the pellets & didn't really care for them. I have a 50Cal Austin & Halleck that shoots great but it took a lot of expermenting with different bullets & powder measurements to get there. With pellets you don't have a whole lot of room to experiment which to me is half the fun. :hunter:

... .
Title: Re: Help a Newbie
Post by: arrowflinger on October 18, 2007, 11:45:49 AM: Thanks.............thinking of changing over to loose. Just right now it is pretty easy to drop pellets in and shoot............I'm think of hunting with it next year.