new sidekick at the range

[ohhunter45780]

shot new side kick this wkend with 44 cal 240 grain sabots hornady with 100 grain triple 7 pellets got one inch groups at 50 yards but didnt have any misfires but did notice using the pellets seemed like i was getting a lot of delayed fires anyone else had this issue and would the triple 7 powder be better for this gun .

[Busta]

My Huntsman is not 100% reliable with 777 pellets either, but is with Pyrodex pellets. Pyrodex Pellets have REAL Black Powder bonded to one end of the pellet to help with ignition.

I prefer the 777 loose powder FFG for saboted bullets, FFFG for lead conicals.

You will want about 85 grains of loose 777 powder to equal your 100 grain 777 pellet load.

The pellets were made to be the equivelant of Black Powder. Two 50 grain pellets = 100 grains of Black Powder or Pyrodex by volume. 777 loose powder is 15% more energenic than Black Powder and Pyrodex, therefore you should reduce your loads by 15% when using it.

Loose powder allows you to tailor your loads to achieve the most accuracy, not to mention it is much more economical than pellets.

[ohhunter45780]

thanks for the input busta opening day here in ohio 12/27 cant wait.

[Busta]

Good Luck! 

[coop2564]

I to had some hang and misfires with pellets.  I switched to loose 3f and have never had a problem.  The way the breech plug in these are made the fire has to cross about 1/2 '' of air gap to hit the pellet. With loose it go's into concave part of breech plug for direct contact.