Bought an old 50 cal knight muzzleloader. The model is “American knight “ it uses a percussion cap and my question is how many grains of triple seven would be considered a max load when firing a 250 grain power belt? Thanks
At least you are shooting powder instead of pellets with a cap
Might want to use 3f instead of 2 f with a p cap for better ignition.
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Some other poster last week had basically same gun trying to touch off pellets with a p cap.
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90 grs of 777 3f probably get ya same velocity as 100gr of 7772f
Anything over 100gr IMO With a p cap your probably gonna be blowing unburnt powder out the muzzle.
With a tighter sealing bullet you can cut that down also for a more complete burn versus a loose seating bullet like a power belt.
Power belt bullets.......
Tried em long ago.
Bore sizes per manufacturers vary.
didn't find them accurate or consistent.
Depending on actual bore size per manufactuer.
They are designed for CVA rifles per all of that...
And they are soft generally.
And their are pretty pricey for what they are versus comparative price of better bullets.
Power belts have killed a lot of game per sheer #,s used.
But you also hear a lot about bad performance on game penetration wise and holding together also.
The 1 lung hit deer stories
The smash entrance rib and powerbelt disingrates from being too fast story.
The punched thru shoulder blade and that's as far as it went stories.
Lot of it might be operator error and lack of knowledge schitt.
But alot of it is too much to disregard also.
Midsouth shooters supply had some 250 grain 50 cal Barnes ml bullets in stocks.
Those will break both shoulders and spine.
BTDT with the 195 gr .45 cal Barnes ml expanders with .40 cal bullet.
Harvester saber tooth full bore bullets are good also.
They seal nice and tight and are accurate.
And the Sabertooth logo on the package is cool also.
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