The right charge for 209x50?

[pa ridge-runner]

I have recently purchased a 209x50 inline barrel for my Encore.I also got some 50 gr. pellets.Question: do you fellas use 1 pellet or 2(100gr)pellets for deer hunting?Thanx

[Redhawk1]

If you are going to use pellets 2 are needed. Loose powder 80 to 120 gr.  Just depends on what you want to do.  

[pa ridge-runner]

I had the gun to the range and pretty much zeroed it in using 50 gr(1 pellet).Will shooting 2 pellets change it much?

[poncaguy]

I'm surprised it even shot with one, I use 2 or 3 when I hunt with 295 Grain Powerbelts...

[Redhawk1]

I had the gun to the range and pretty much zeroed it in using 50 gr(1 pellet).Will shooting 2 pellets change it much?

The point of impact will change a lot, double the load od your 50 grain's. One pellet will not "in my opinion" have enough killing power for deer or bear or any other big game.
 

[iisabigone]

pa I let my daughter shot with one pellet a lot, she is 9 years old.  

Your POI will change a lot when you go to 2 pellets.

My encore shoots great with 2 or 3 pellets but there is a great deal of difference in POI even between 2 and 3 pellets.

Mine shoots real good with the 777 ffg too but I hate dealing with that nasty crud ring.

I hope you enjoy shooting your encore as much as I have enjoyed shooting mine.

                              iisabigone

[Buckskin]

What kind of pellets??  Pyrodex or 777? Ive never heard of any one using one pellet. that can't have much energy for killing anything further than 10 yards.  I may try it and see what kind of velocity it puts out just for curiosity sake, but I would say that 100 gr should be a minimum for big game.

[Keith L]

Mine shoots real good with the 777 ffg too but I hate dealing with that nasty crud ring.

I tried 777 pellets and powerbelts.  there was no crud ring or even much residue at all.  Patches came out white by the third patch.  What did you use for lube?

[iisabigone]

I have never used any kinda lube shooting sabots.

[Buckskin]

Keith, take a look up your barrel with a light, I bet you have some deposits built up just before the rifling.  I do every time I shoot mine.

[DaddyPaul]

I shot my Encore this morning a total of 23 times.  About half were with two pellets of 777 and 250 grain Shockwaves to get her dialed in.  I also used a spit patch followed by a dry patch between every shot.  Once sighted in I shot two groups with 2 50 grain pellets that flew into 1.25 and 1.50"s respectively.  The next two groups were with 3 50 grain pellets of 777 and they both flew into 1.50"s but impacted almost 6 full inches higher than the two pellets groups.  I really didn't feel like the recoil with 3 pellets was terribly more than with two and certainly not intolerable.  I will say it kicks considerably less than my 12 gauge turkey barrel!  I found this combination to shoot above my expectations and the clean up was a snap.  3 patches soaked in T/C's Bore cleaner and some Bore Butter and I put her to bed.

[Redhawk1]

I shot my Encore this morning a total of 23 times.  About half were with two pellets of 777 and 250 grain Shockwaves to get her dialed in.  I also used a spit patch followed by a dry patch between every shot.  Once sighted in I shot two groups with 2 50 grain pellets that flew into 1.25 and 1.50"s respectively.  The next two groups were with 3 50 grain pellets of 777 and they both flew into 1.50"s but impacted almost 6 full inches higher than the two pellets groups.  I really didn't feel like the recoil with 3 pellets was terribly more than with two and certainly not tolerable.  I will say it kicks considerably less than my 12 gauge turkey barrel!  I found this combination to shoot above my expectations and the clean up was a snap.  3 patches soaked in T/C's Bore cleaner and some Bore Butter and I put her to bed.

So what did you decide on for your hunting load?

[DaddyPaul]

Redhawk,
I edited my previous post as I stated that the load was not tolerable, when I meant to say it was not intolerable.  I am one of those guys that figures if a little is good a lot has to be better!  I am going to hunt with the "3 pellet" load with the 250 Shockwaves this year.  I had actually never even tried the magnum powder charge in my Encore but figured this morning that I would.  Maybe all the hype about the recoil had me expecting more but it really wasn't that bad?  The Limbsaver pad is great and other than a little more muzzle flip I found it downright enjoyable.  I have access to some pretty big agricultural properties down here in Florida so every little bit of velocity I can get might help.  I am going to try to chrono some loads later next week if I can to see exactly what the gain is.

[poncaguy]

My Omega load will be 3 777 pellets and 348 Powerbelts this year............