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Posted: 12/8/2012 10:07:34 AM EDT
| I use pyrodex powder in my muzzle loader. Well I was going to check the zero today and I noticed I don't have very many of the 50 cal 50 grain pellets left (24). I want to check zero at 40, 100, and 200 yards and I shoot 3 pellets so I will be running low after today. I have 2 boxes of the 45 caliber 50 grain pellets. Would it be ok to use one of the 45 cal pellets per each load of 3 pellets so I can use the 45 cal pettets up? Both the 45 and 50 cal pellets are 50 grain pellets. I sold my 45 cal rifle a while back so I have no use for them. Thanks in advance. |
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Is this topic about black powder, pyrodex powder, or pyrodex pellets? I'm running on very little sleep (my second child was born Thursday, we got home today) but I can't hardly follow the question.
Are you asking if it is OK to use ".45" pellets in a ".50?" I doubt it would do any physical harm to you or the gun, There is already plenty of air space in there; the pellets are hollow down the middle, don't entirely fill the bore, and they don't explode like black powder anyway. That said, I've never tried it, and I personally would advise against it. My advise to you instead is to sell the ridiculous inline contraption, get a caplock or a flintlock, join a muzzleloading association, and learn that muzzleloading is so much more than an extra 10 days to shoot a deer with a gimmicky rifle intended to make it as easy as possible to shoot a deer while still remaining technically within the law. I'll step down off my soap box now. |
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I used to use the fake powder stuff. Now I use the real deal blackpowder and I am not looking back.
It was hard to find locally but luck came my way in hooking up with a bp supplier for the movie sets. Do those pellets still have bp on one end to help with ignition? That should tell you something right there. |
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I used to use the fake powder stuff. Now I use the real deal blackpowder and I am not looking back. It was hard to find locally but luck came my way in hooking up with a bp supplier for the movie sets. Do those pellets still have bp on one end to help with ignition? That should tell you something right there. I know LA is a big state, but at a minimum, the folks at Red Jacket should be able to point you in the right direction. The guy making their flintlock guns(Shawn W.) is an acquaintance, and he is still shooting, and I bet its not just the powder that was in his horn when he left the Caintuck |
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