350 grain FBP

[kawiram]

New to MLing, and picked up a pack of these at Walmart on Clearance. Would these be to much for deer? Since im new and have a new ML, I bought a variety to see what works best with my TC Omega. I have the Hornady FBP 350s, Hornady SST-ML 250s, Shockwave 200s, and Shockwave 250s. Any insight as to what powder load with what bullet will likely be my best performer? I also bought some 777 ellets, and 777 loose powder, but Im thinking of trying the American Pioneer powder. Any insight on that would be great as well. The DVD that came with my gun suggests 120 grains with the 250 Shockwave as a good place to start.

[wtnhunt]

Welcome to the forums. Sometimes can luck up on some great deals on wal mart's clearances.

Really don't think 350 grain would be too much, dead is dead, but think that you would be best off to see what is going to perform best for you. Looks like with the different bullets you have that you are off to a good start. I use 240 grain xtp mags here, they are pretty inexpensive compared to most ml'er bullets and they group well with my gun, and they have proven time and time again to be effective on these deer with the load I am using.

I would steer clear of Shockeys Gold(American Pioneer Powder), the stuff in my opinion is not as good as he leads on.

Have gone back to shooting pyrodex here, it works well, much better than the app. My loads seemed to give me the best performance/accuracy with 120 grain charges.

Tried triple 7 just before the season opened here this past year, and did not give myself enough time to work up the loads, the poi was quite a bit off from the pyrodex at 100 yards, so I just hunted with the pyrodex. Will do some shooting off season with the triple 7 and see what it will do.

[Guest mnash]

I use 100 gr of 777 pellets in my omega. Just an FYI check out the Theard Bullet Question. So if you find a bullet that you like try few shots in the cold weather like leaving your gun and loads set out in the cold a few hours then take a shot and reload to see if you might need another person to help load that bullet. I know the first shot counts but if that bullet won't push down for that second shot you'll be mad if you needed it.

Try reading some reviews from Bass Pro, Cabela's, Gander Mountain, etc that people leave on bullets they have used.

[PA_RIDGE_RUNNER]

First of all I am not an advocate of heavy charges. I do most of my shooting with a flintlock and an older model of Knight called the Bighorn which is not the 209 ignition. I could change it over but have not found any really good reason to do so. I use mostly Goex Black Powder in 2f and 3f in all my muzzleloaders. I have tried many different bullet combos. In my flintlocks I have used the tc maxi ball, Buffalo ball-ets, great plains bullets and even the patched round ball. In my inline I have used sabotted bullets from 185 gr 45 cal bullets to 300 gr Hornady XTPs. I am now using the 45 cal 300 Gr XTPs in a Harvester crush rib sabot. This combo loads a little stiff but can be seated with two fingers. I have not noticed that they load any different in the cold. This is a pistol bullet and can be driven too fast and tend to blow up at those mag speeds.