Running the same bullets on my Savage prefit, with 60gr I'm getting 2420 fps out of a 20" barrel with a SilencerCo Hybrid on it.
Let’s see those Smokeless builds!!
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Deputy819
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So, I said I'd update this thread with some target pics and after putting a Trijicon Credo HX 2.5-15x42 on my rifle I went outside an hour ago and shot this FANTASTIC 3-shot group at 174 yards. Shots 1&2 went into the same hole (lower left) and I got excited and just slightly pulled shot 3 (upper right). Group still measures .825". Gonna call this rifle/load development 'Finished'. These things are just TOO COOL! 
Rick Richard
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If I was going to do a smokeless, this is what I would purchase. A Hankins converted CVA 45-70.So, I said I'd update this thread with some target pics and after putting a Trijicon Credo HX 2.5-15x42 on my rifle I went outside an hour ago and shot this FANTASTIC 3-shot group at 174 yards. Shots 1&2 went into the same hole (lower left) and I got excited and just slightly pulled shot 3 (upper right). Group still measures .825". Gonna call this rifle/load development 'Finished'. These things are just TOO COOL!
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Deputy819
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Sir, I'm tellin ya….I'm awfully impressed with it. For a relatively inexpensive 'conversion' you just can't go wrong with these in my opinion. Lots of fun and shoot fantastic.
ENCORE
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Good job! It only gets betterSo, I said I'd update this thread with some target pics and after putting a Trijicon Credo HX 2.5-15x42 on my rifle I went outside an hour ago and shot this FANTASTIC 3-shot group at 174 yards. Shots 1&2 went into the same hole (lower left) and I got excited and just slightly pulled shot 3 (upper right). Group still measures .825". Gonna call this rifle/load development 'Finished'. These things are just TOO COOL!
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rlp10ml
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Wow! That is awesome! No need to do anymore other than to go hunting!So, I said I'd update this thread with some target pics and after putting a Trijicon Credo HX 2.5-15x42 on my rifle I went outside an hour ago and shot this FANTASTIC 3-shot group at 174 yards. Shots 1&2 went into the same hole (lower left) and I got excited and just slightly pulled shot 3 (upper right). Group still measures .825". Gonna call this rifle/load development 'Finished'. These things are just TOO COOL!
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Deputy819
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Thanks, brother! I'm pretty stoked. Our 'Early Muzzleloader Season' opens up for next Saturday and Sunday. Hope the deer cooperate.
6.5x300 WBY
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Please lock this thread or I'll be tempted to get an Arrowhead smokeless 45. Maybe a Christmas gift . too much good going on here and Encore don't make it any easier. Plus i have a late season iowa mzl hunt in January of 2023. This is killing me. Ugg
too much good going on here and Encore don't make it any easier. Plus i have a late season iowa mzl hunt in January of 2023. This is killing me. Ugg
Deputy819
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Just go on and DO IT!!!! Get it out of your system. It's just gonna eat away at you until you do. Why torture yourself? I'll stop twisting your arm now…Please lock this thread or I'll be tempted to get an Arrowhead smokeless 45. Maybe a Christmas gift .
Please lock this thread or I'll be tempted to get an Arrowhead smokeless 45. Maybe a Christmas gift .
Just sell your current muzzleloader and use it to fund the new one, trust me the benefits of smokeless and the money you save sighting in will make you forget the price difference. I used to play the "where will my muzzleloader hit this time" game every year and despite sitting in a safe untouched for a year would never hit where it was supposed to and take 5 to 10+ shots to get roughly zeroed back in.
This year I zeroed my smokeless in three rounds and it only took that many because I had the barrel cut down, swapped it with the barrel on my deer rifle, put a new scope on it and was shooting a new bullet with a new load. So I did all of that and it still took 1/3 of the number of shots that my brother took to rezero his previously zeroed muzzleloader and his is minute of deer zero while mine is center punch the bullseye.
Trust me, if you have a muzzleloader season in your state that allows it then that will be the best money you can spend on it.
Yes, I run a SilencerCo Hybrid on mine, it brings the sound down so that your ears don't ring with a shot or two but it isn't nearly as quiet as I'm used to with my other cans and I still wear hearing protection on the range. With the anchor break though it definitely helps with the recoil.
6.5x300 WBY
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Well herein NJ i can't use smokeless but i can shoot BH 209 so that's good. But i want it for Iowa in january of 2023. Aww man. I would love it
Just remember a good smokeless gun also makes a good BH209 gun.
