Rost495,

Thanks for the heads up on 'No Excuses'. Looking over his web site, I see that his slugs are less costly than the TCs I buy at the local Cabela's. I will test the No Excuses in my ML when my inventory of TC conicals gets low.

NEs are heavy weights at 535 gr. What twist is your .54 bore?

No Excuses mentions that he has found that over powder wads are of little or is no help to accuracy. But he also says the wads do not hurt accuracy. That is pretty much what I have found with my limited testing. Reinforces the often mentioned notion that each rifle is unique and responds differently to different loading methods.