mike Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 i shot 100grn 777 pellets and a 295 grn copperjacketed powerbelts last season and punching some nice groups in the paper! went out this morning to get a few rounds in to make sure everything is still on and i am spraying shots all over the place! same powder same pack of power belts! threw in a cheap old sabot that comes in the gun kits, dead center! why is my gun not shooting the same loads the same as last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mark_85 Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Re: figure this one out! hey you tore it all down and cleaned it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Re: figure this one out! It can be anything from cleanliness of the barrel to the barreled action shifting in the stock, Powder that degraded some since last year, or something else. Maybe your gun finally decided it did not like powerbelts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted October 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Re: figure this one out! clean as a whistle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WABS Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Re: figure this one out! What kind of gun are you shooting? I have a Black Diamond and everytime you clean it you take the barrel off of the stock by removing two screws. I used to see this happen to me every now and then. One of the things I tried that seems to help is that I'm VERY careful to replace the screws in the same order each time to minimize any variance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MZ_shooter Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Re: figure this one out! You shooting out of the same bottle of 777 you had last year? If so my guess is that’s the culprit, I’ve heard 777 doesn’t age well and powder has just a little to do with how accurate a load shoots. lol And as far a sticking a different sabot on and shooting it, I’d fire a couple of more rounds before jumping to any conclusions. Your second shoot may kill your neighbor’s dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_218 Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Re: figure this one out! I've never had a problem with Triple "7" powder being too old. I have a can of it (loose powder) over two years old and it shoots fine in my Black Diamond. About the only way "777" would become bad is if it were exposed to high temps, when stored, or dampness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted October 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Re: figure this one out! its a break open , so alls you have to do is pull the breach plug to clean it! and i can shoot good groups with the cheap sabots, just not the powerbelts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WABS Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Re: figure this one out! Not all guns like Powerbelts -- AJ would be the first to tell you. It's nice when they do, but you've got to shoot whatever is most accurate out of your gun. I'd stick with the cheaper slugs or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehunter Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Re: figure this one out! I have an encore that hates powerbelts, throws them all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MZ_shooter Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Re: figure this one out! Have a look at this page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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