Pellets or Powder?

Just wondering what you guys who shoot muzzleloaders prefer... powder that you measure out or 2-3 pellets that you just drop in? I myself just started shooting muzzys and I like the pellets.

I spent a lot of my younger years shooting long range black powder competition with a Kentucky long rifle that I custom built, back in the days before premade pellets, but the pellets offer many advantages over loose powder, it's quick, easier , you can have your loads pre made and ready to go when you need them fast, if your an accuracy nut like I am then the loose powder is like doing your own hand-loads for center-fire, pistol or shotgun, you can fine tune your loads to suit you and the gun you use. In my book there both winners

I use triple seven pellets. Pellets are just alot easier to me.

I still use powder im not even sure if the pellets would work in the traditional smokepoles just because you have to make sure to get the powder up in the breach

That was a great response Glenn, well said...

I'm still using pellets. It's quick and easy to use and that's what I like when hunting

triple 7 pellets out of mine

well the first experience i had with the pellets was the other day...i went over to the property to check my mineral sites and the old man neighbor was out hunting ground hogs...the funny thing was that he was using a TC encore...I laughed and asked the old timer why he was using a muzzle loader to hunt hogs and he responded by saying shhhhh "there is one there". He ranged it at 158 yards and squeezed the trigger....After the smoke cleared i was sure that it would be a miss but not only did he hit the hog but it was a head shot...He uses the pellets with .50 caliber and it was sweet not only how acurate it was but how easy it was to reload and clean.

When Ishot a ML I liked the ease of pellets for hunting. I wasted $25 trying those shocky pellets and what a load of junk! I wondered why my groups were all over the place so Ishot it over a chronograph and saw why. We're talking 400fps differences between shots, stuff was worthless. Went back to 777.

Iagree with glen ,i use triple 7 pellets but iam considering going to the powder

for even more accuracy !

whats everyone shoot ?

i got a knight disc extreme in a .45 iam getting almost inch half group with it at a 100yds

madarcher427 wrote:

Iagree with glen ,i use triple 7 pellets but iam considering going to the powder

for even more accuracy !

whats everyone shoot ?

i got a knight disc extreme in a .45 iam getting almost inch half group with it at a 100yds

I like pellets myself.
I shoot a T/C Encore 50 cal. I love that thing. I use it all year even in the shotgun season

Use to use powder but switched to pellets. Triple seven pellets all the way.

Hey, Bull..............That is hilarious about the old man neighbor. We have one way over behind our back field that is just like that, BUT, he will shoot at you if you step a foot on his land. he he he This old man still doesn't use running water....no joke...he still draws it up from a well!! he he he he TTYL, Suzanne

I want a muzzleloader sooooooooooooo bad. No one around here uses them very much and think I'm crazy to want one.....but I still do. lol Just like most around here use a rifle only.....I use a bow AND a rifle. Oh well, maybe one day I'll get me one... lol

TheRomer wrote:

I still use powder im not even sure if the pellets would work in the traditional smokepoles just because you have to make sure to get the powder up in the breach

Same here. Powder in the Hawkins 54 cal.

Not real sure if i can use the pellets in my 54 cal. since it dosen't have the rear breach plug.

30pointbuck wrote:

Not real sure if i can use the pellets in my 54 cal. since it dosen't have the rear breach plug.

I would like to know though. Anyone know if i could.

???? dont know much about a 54cal.

Yeah it's not an inline. But i truly love shooting it. It turn's heads at the range, (indoor) when it goes off.

Very accurate for iron sight's.