FrontierGander

most of my bores used dyna tek bore coat which is a ceramic coating inside the bore. Prevents rust - corrosion and makes clean up easier. The guns that do not have this, get montana xtreme conditioner. I am not to big on oil but the Montana stuff has done a good job. Bore butter - seasoning patches are a waste of money. I will never go that route ever again.

just got this great plains 54 in yesterday. Good shootin sidelock!

ok, you shoot like a rabbit on crack with the gun off a rest but cant hit a barn while off hand shooting.... Whats the problem? You just answered it yourself. Its not the gun, its your lack of off hand shooting skills. How do we improve on that? Practice.

Just so you all know. New Mexico has changed the rule and will be sending out a correction. They've already changed it on their website. Blackhorn209 IS legal in New Mexico.

They are full bore diameter bullets. No sabot needed.

250-300gr Ballistic Tip Thor conicals

Powerbelts, Thor bullets, Round balls, Lee minie balls "mainly for practice and fun"

are these the older style optimas? My old optima loved 90gr Pyrodex P with a 348gr Powerbelt. 3 shots at 100 you could cover with a nickel. When you load up with your current set up, what do you do for the second shot? What primers are you using?

if you havent taken it apart and cleaned it, get to it! No need for it to sit on the floor while it needs all the packing grease and such cleaned out.

the kleanbores are pretty good primers, i used them years ago in an old Winchester bolt action muzzle loader. They are low power primers. I actually will pick some up the next time at a sporting goods store and give them a try with the t7 magnums. Do you get a crud ring where you have to swab after each shot? This is one thing that i hate doing

Hunter109, thats good that you know what your comfort zone is and that you wont shoot over that. I give you a pat on the back for that. Some just throw that rifle to the shoulder, aim at the stars and jerk that trigger back. You stay in the range that you're comfortable with and just keep of practicing at longer distances off hand until you are in your comfort zone.

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100 yards. those cci 209m's just are not the primer to use with pellets, way to hot. The crud ring i was getting with the T7's was by far the worse ive ever got in a rifle.

Actually the primers cause pure **** on accuracy and crud rings. The full power primers can cause horrible accuracy and not to mention the crud ring. I did some shooting today with the white hots and cci 209m primers. I think 6" 3 shot group was the best i could pull off. I did pull a 14" group with the T7 magnum pellets though! And here i was all upset over the 6" group LOL. Primers, they DO make a difference. The White Hots do clean up a lot easier, the fouling seems softer and when you push a damp patch down the bore, you push out greyish/white fouling.

an awesome rifle. mine loves powerbelts 245-295-300-338-348gr. It does does awesome with the thor conicals. Blackhorn friendly, smooth crisp trigger. Its not a very picky rifle when it comes to shooting conicals. Sabots, i've only tried a few here and there but i can highly recommend the 250gr slick load sabots.