PT's in a Muzzleloader

[JD338]

I thought I would jump start the muzzle loader site.

I had good luck with the Nosler .451" 260 gr PT in my M700 50 cal muzzle loader this year during the MI black powder season. The Triple 7 powder is very accurate and easy to clean.
I took a doe the second morning at 50 yds and a 7 pt at 35 yds towards the end of the season. Bullet performance was excellent.
For those interested, Nosler has posted a picture of my buck on their web site. You can see the nice clean exit hole that I always get with the PT's.
I have used the .429" 250 gr PT up until last year when I switched over to the .451" 260 gr PT. I always have a good but short blood trail with these bullets.

Anyone else using Nosler PT's in their smoke poles?

Regards,

JD338

 

[NOSLER]

Thanks for getting that started, Justin just updated that yesterday. :grin:

 

[700 bdl]

Glad to hear of your success. I've always used the plain old round ball. I use a 58 cal. T.C.

 

[Anonymous]

I am glad to hear of your success. I shot a decent 4point Muley (8point Eastern count) last fall (2003) with the 260 grain Nosler Partition in a Knight HP sabot. I was shooting a TC Firehawk in .54 caliber. Never found the bullet as it went clean through. I was really impressed with this bullet in my rifle.

I also shot a decent 3x3 muley a few years ago with the Nosler 250 grain JHP in the same rifle. I found this bullet, mushroomed perfectly against the hide opposite of the entrance hole.

Both of the these loads were touched off with a load of 100 grains Pyrodex RS. Pretty nice accuracy averaging around 2-3" at 100 yards with a peep sight.


This year I broke in a new 50 caliber Knight by shooting a large 2x3 buck (same size as the above mentioned 4x4). I was happy with the performance of the first load I tried and I didn't mess with success. That load consisted of a 100 grain 777 Ffg and a 300 grain Hornady SST. I am getting regular groups of 1 1/2"-2" with this combo. This coming year I will break out the Partition box and try them in my new combo.

I hope this forum does great. I love to shoot Blackpowder rifles and look forward to the ML deer season from the moment it finishes the year prior.



FH

 

[Firehawk]

Sorry that my name didn't register when I replied to the above question. I thought that I had logged in and it would automatically put my name in. I must have typed something wrong. Oh Well, I am Firehawk, named after my first and to this day, favorite ML rifle.

I also shoot a Cabelas Hawken that I built from a kit. I have had a lot of fun with it and look forward to shooting an animal with it too.

I sold the Firehawk to my brothers buddy and bought the Knight I posted about earlier. I was really excited at first, but I find this Extreme primer deal a little awkward. It is very waterproof though. Last year we had rain for 3 days. On the last day I went to put the 4 wheeler away and noticed one of my Red Primer thingys laying in the dirt and grass. It had sat there since the first night after I took my buck.

As an experiment, I picked up the primer, shook the water off of it, loaded my rifle and proceeded to shoot a hole through a dead tree trunk. Instantaneous combustion. I was thoroughly impressed. Hopefully, I can get used to loading it up quickly. Anyway, I liked the performance of the rifle this year and will try to get used to it.

Have fun shooting. Remember, shoot straight, shoot fast!

FH