Originally Posted By: minnesotahunter
Used 50 grains of pyrodex. Very mild to shoot. I think I'll end up settling on 70 for a little more punch. 100 is way too much. I'm not recoil sensative, but it bruised my hand pretty bad. Hurt for a couple days. The wood handle is skinny.

I'll give that WFN a try.

Thanks!!


I use that bullet with a sabot and 75gr of Tripple7. It's a very accurate and mild load to shoot, but will punch through both shoulders of a deer at 83 yards.

It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.