No neither the whitehots nor the powerbelts suck... users error.... Pellets are for inlines and about the 3 or 4 sidelocks made specifically for pellets. Your TC was not made for pellets. Get loose powder
And besides... Can you really believe this chart? A .530 ball weights 223-224 grains... A .535 should be in a 230gr range, yet they are stating 220..... those numbers do not match.
... Stop looking at modern day numbers, that shit was made for modern day bullets that need a certain amount of energy to work properly. AKA, copper jacketed, hard lead bullets.
A ball thats almost 9/16" of an inch, is going to cause a ton of damage.
My first muzzleloader elk I took with 80gr...
these are not the usual tacks you hear about. I do not like the usual tacks, so i went with 100% brass powder horn nails. I think crazy crow or dixie gun works has/had them.
No burning. I used a lot of birchwood casey walnut stain, then rubbed it back in areas where, wear, would naturally...
You can use electrical tape over the muzzle just fine.
A cows knee over the lock area keeps water/snow off.
DO NOT EVER carry your muzzleloader with the hammer lowered down on top of the cap! Huge safety issue. Always carry either uncapped or at half @#)(# ( safety )
Depending on your gun, you...
When I pull out the real, worlds most powerful handgun, that could blow your head clean off..... :chuckle:
My newly re-barreled CVA Mountain Pistol with a .54cal 28" barrel.
Testing some of that old Lube 103 patch lube. I let the bag sit in the sun for an hour to melt the lube since its almost as old as me. Now the .015" patches are a little on the thin side for my bore. I normally run .020" patches. The first clean patch I recovered had just the slightest hole on...