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Post by clubber on Feb 4, 2007 10:54:34 GMT -5
my Black Diamond has a 1 in 28 rate of twist. an experienced black powder guy told me i should be shooting sabots out of this gun. he thinks that the fast rate of twist doesn't work with conicals very well. i am still having accuracy problems with maxi balls at higher powder charges, i got pretty good accuracy with 75 gr of pyrodex. above 100 gr i start getting fliers.
my basic problem is that i mainly hunt in a state that doesn't allow sabots, so i am motivated to make a conical shoot out of my gun. what do you guys think?
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Post by nikandr23 on Feb 5, 2007 12:21:36 GMT -5
1:28 for bullets
1:40 for balls
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Post by benhuntin on Dec 12, 2007 14:37:59 GMT -5
Try a heavy 300 grain power belt with 90 to 100 grains of pyrodex.
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Post by Bucktales on Dec 18, 2007 19:51:56 GMT -5
I agree with Ben. I havent seen a gun that wont throw a great group with the power belts, and 100 grns of pyrodex.
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Post by noonebil on Dec 18, 2007 23:13:27 GMT -5
If I'm reading correctly, the state clubber hunts won't allow sabots or powerbelts. Since balls & conicals are the remaining options, I'd just experiment with powder charge & different brand/weight of projectile. Just remember, conicals & maxi-balls generally won't group as tight as sabots or powerbelts nor have the range.
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Post by hunt4fun1 on Dec 20, 2007 9:39:16 GMT -5
If I'm reading correctly, the state clubber hunts won't allow sabots or powerbelts. Dude....that sucks. What state are you in bro? |
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Post by forrest on Sept 3, 2009 16:00:42 GMT -5
my Black Diamond has a 1 in 28 rate of twist. an experienced black powder guy told me i should be shooting sabots out of this gun. he thinks that the fast rate of twist doesn't work with conicals very well. i am still having accuracy problems with maxi balls at higher powder charges, i got pretty good accuracy with 75 gr of pyrodex. above 100 gr i start getting fliers. my basic problem is that i mainly hunt in a state that doesn't allow sabots, so i am motivated to make a conical shoot out of my gun. what do you guys think? Try Hornadays FBP 350 grn , I've shot them out of my CVA Kodiak pro with 110 grn of T7 2f groops of 1in at 100yrds |
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