Muzzle loader starts this weekend.

[DEER 24/7]

I love my smokeless muzzle loader every time I read a story about having to completely clean between shots, I remember how much a PIA it was when I had one of those kinds.

i second that

 

[Okie4570]

Taking the Marlin mls 50 for the first time, I haven't deer hunted in probably 10 years.
Good luck everyone!

Good luck and welcome back to the smoke pole!

 

[birdhunter1980]

Thanks Dennis and okie, heading to Stigler.
They have been seeing some monster boars, don't know about the bucks? They don't want to disclose the buck situations!

 

[dennishoddy]

Thanks Dennis and okie, heading to Stigler.
They have been seeing some monster boars, don't know about the bucks? They don't want to disclose the buck situations!

Shoot them all!

 

[undeg01]

What kind of optics were on it?

Simmons Whitetail classic, 2.5X10X40. Also forgot to mention that the gun has the 209 conversion.

 

[dennishoddy]

Simmons Whitetail classic, 2.5X10X40. Also forgot to mention that the gun has the 209 conversion.

Is that a simmons bought from a shop in Kansas?

 

[Lurker66]

I love my smokeless muzzle loader every time I read a story about having to completely clean between shots, I remember how much a PIA it was when I had one of those kinds.

Just curious, how many shots are you getting before you see a difference in loading or accuracy?

With this new barrel and my technique, I can get about 15 shots before I have to wipe (run a wet patch down bore), not clean but just wipe. That's using real BP, spit for lube, cotton linen for patch and a roundball.

 

[Okie4570]

Just curious, how many shots are you getting before you see a difference in loading or accuracy?

With this new barrel and my technique, I can get about 15 shots before I have to wipe (run a wet patch down bore), not clean but just wipe. That's using real BP, spit for lube, cotton linen for patch and a roundball.

Can't speak for Dennis, Bassin, or 24/7, but when I was doing a lot of experimenting with different powders, loads, bullets, sabots, etc, I might shoot 75 times each day. I'd run a patch down the barrel at the end of the day, and it would come back with a hint of gray where the patch touched the rifling. Powder fouling is not an issue with the Savage from what I can tell. The only fouling issues come from plastic being stripped from the sabots due to speed. A lot of Savages were cussed and sold because of this plastic problem too, unnecessarily. Savage's recommends cleaning when accuracy starts to decline......who knows how many shots that might be???? I'm not sure, but I like it.......my Savage stays loaded from one year to the next, and is my first sight in shot, and rarely have to adjust anything. Think this is year 8 with mine.

 

[undeg01]

Is that a simmons bought from a shop in Kansas?

It's been so long that I can't remember exactly where I got it, but I know it wasn't in KS.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Just curious, how many shots are you getting before you see a difference in loading or accuracy?

With this new barrel and my technique, I can get about 15 shots before I have to wipe (run a wet patch down bore), not clean but just wipe. That's using real BP, spit for lube, cotton linen for patch and a roundball.

Can't speak for Dennis, Bassin, or 24/7, but when I was doing a lot of experimenting with different powders, loads, bullets, sabots, etc, I might shoot 75 times each day. I'd run a patch down the barrel at the end of the day, and it would come back with a hint of gray where the patch touched the rifling. Powder fouling is not an issue with the Savage from what I can tell. The only fouling issues come from plastic being stripped from the sabots due to speed. A lot of Savages were cussed and sold because of this plastic problem too, unnecessarily. Savage's recommends cleaning when accuracy starts to decline......who knows how many shots that might be???? I'm not sure, but I like it.......my Savage stays loaded from one year to the next, and is my first sight in shot, and rarely have to adjust anything. Think this is year 8 with mine.

I haven't shot nearly as much as Okie, but I haven't had difficulty in loading or diminished accuracy. I started with good sabots, and that is key to accuracy and not melting plastic in the barrel.