Cayden
FNG
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2020
- Messages
- 8
I have a muzzleloader and today is opener muzzleloader I'm going out this afternoon I'm wondering what yall use i personally use 2 50 grain pellets let me know please.
I used to use 3 pellets in my Encore, but I learned that I had to swab between every shot. I tried to skip that step and broke a ball starter trying to load a second shot after missing a whitetail buck. Later that same week, I shot a bull elk. Although he just stood there after the shot, I swabbed before reloading. First and second shots were both good and I got the bull. Since then, I, too, have gone to Blackhorn 209 in the Encore.I always used 2 in my Encore but had to swab the barrel after every shot to allow next bullet to seat due to a “crud ring” that T7 left about 2 inches from the breech plug. It was accurate in my rifle but after researching, I read it was sugar based and hot sugar was what leaves the ring in the barrel. Went to Blackhorn and can shoot all I want without swabbing and haven’t looked back.