A Silly Muzzle Loader Question

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I may have messed up! And need to find out before tomorrow morning as tomorrow is opening day for muzzle loaders.

When I bought my Triple Seven pellets I accidently grabbed 45/50's and I am shooting a 50cal.

Can I use the 45/50's instead of the 50/50's?

They are the same grain but one is just a little narrower than the other.

codenamepaul

Not really seeing why not. The projectile should hold them tight. Powder weight remains the same. Worse case you can probably break it up and use it like loose powder, I suppose. [:D]But then I don't know $h*t anyway.

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quote:Originally posted by codenamepaul
Not really seeing why not. The projectile should hold them tight. Powder weight remains the same. Worse case you can probably break it up and use it like loose powder, I suppose. [:D]But then I don't know $h*t anyway.


That was kinda my thinking, but I will admit to being a novice when it comes to muzzle loaders.

I just want to be sure so it does not blow up on me.[;)]

RobOz

See if this helps.

http://www.hodgdon.com/tripleseven-pellets.html

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quote:Originally posted by RobOz
See if this helps.

http://www.hodgdon.com/tripleseven-pellets.html
That just tells me about the products and not if I can interchange the pellets.

But thanks anyway.[;)][8D]

RobOz

quote:Originally posted by *_r_done
quote:Originally posted by RobOz
See if this helps.

http://www.hodgdon.com/tripleseven-pellets.html
That just tells me about the products and not if I can interchange the pellets.


But thanks anyway.[;)][8D]


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I got it handled.[;)]

I had to do some digging but I found some 50/50's that I bought for my T/C Hawken and I desided to go with tradional BP in it instead.

I just went out back and fired a shot to make sure the pellets were still good after sitting around in an ammo can for over 3 years and it shot fine.

So tomorrow I am hopeing to put a 230gr slug into a deer![;)][:D]

iceracerx

Kevin, I spoke with Hodgdon and they said you can use 45/50s in a 50 cal. You point of impact might change but you will get reliable ignition if you seat the bullet firmly on the pellets.

hillbille

* r done, you should have no major problem using the new pellets, the only problem I see would be they may not stay perfectly inline, and there may be a slight ignition problem, but the few thousanths we are talking about should be no major problem. It may effect accuracy a bit, while it may not split holes on paper, it should put holes in a deer with complete safety. good luck.

LesWVa

G R D
You will have no problem.
You are still getting 50 grains of powder with each pellet. The only big difference is the 45 is just sized smaller to fit a .45's barrel.

If you seat the bullet tight against the powder it will crush the pellets anyway.

Did it many times before switching to speed loaders and Pryodex.

jimdeere

Speaking of smokepoles, how's the quitting going?

bigal125

quote:...switching to speed loaders and Pryodex.

Sorry, Les, I know what you're talking about but the image of using speed loaders with muzzleloaders just caught me off guard there! Thanks for a good belly laugh! [:D][8D][;)]

Big Al (still chuckling .... [:D] )

Good luck tomorrow morning, GRD!

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quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
Speaking of smokepoles, how's the quitting going?
Down under a pack a day. I was up at 2 packs a day.

The bit I am still smokeing I think is more out of habbit because I really do not crave them.

Friday is my put them away for good day![:D]

allen griggs

Good luck with the deer hunting gitrdone!
Let's see a photo of an eight pointer with a .50 hole in his lungs.