After years of thinking about ML season I've finally picked it back up. When I used to hunt ML it was in the whitetail woods with a 45cal and caps. Now 5 years after buying a 50cal traditions vortek I'm putting it to use and finding difficulty grouping.
First off, I'm using 100gr of triple 7 pellets with fed 209 primers. I've tried Barnes tmz and tez with some real difficulty loading and poor grouping. After switching to some powerbelts I've remedied the difficulty loading but not the random groupings. That leads me to believe my federal 209 primers are a bit too hot and possibly pushing the projectile before full ignition of the pellets.
Any other ideas?
I'd like to try some triple 7 primers to rule this out but I'm not finding the locally and a bit leery of the sites that say they are in stock. Are standard Winchester 209 primers worth trying instead? Anybody have a lead on some muzzy primers in stock somewhere?
Thanks in advance
First off, I'm using 100gr of triple 7 pellets with fed 209 primers. I've tried Barnes tmz and tez with some real difficulty loading and poor grouping. After switching to some powerbelts I've remedied the difficulty loading but not the random groupings. That leads me to believe my federal 209 primers are a bit too hot and possibly pushing the projectile before full ignition of the pellets.
Any other ideas?
I'd like to try some triple 7 primers to rule this out but I'm not finding the locally and a bit leery of the sites that say they are in stock. Are standard Winchester 209 primers worth trying instead? Anybody have a lead on some muzzy primers in stock somewhere?
Thanks in advance