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Well, since I went to shooting heavy conicals my groups are now down to about 5" at 50 yards. My roundballs were shooting 2 foot groups. I am not exactly sure why, but that is the way it is. My 50 cal deerstalker seems to prefer those great plains 385 gr bullets with 90 gr of 3F. I never did try the powerbelts I bought, and I will probably just take them back and buy more of the conicals.
I dug one of the conicals out of the soft clay and I was pretty impressed with the mushrooming. That is a serious chunk of lead! I won't be happy until I can get a 2" group or less, but it's a good start.
My only problem is the extreme fouling, how do you guys clean between shots in cold temps? It would seem water is a bad choice (worried about freezing or moisture) After 5 shots, it gets pretty hard to load and I am sure it is affecting my grouping.
I dug one of the conicals out of the soft clay and I was pretty impressed with the mushrooming. That is a serious chunk of lead! I won't be happy until I can get a 2" group or less, but it's a good start.
My only problem is the extreme fouling, how do you guys clean between shots in cold temps? It would seem water is a bad choice (worried about freezing or moisture) After 5 shots, it gets pretty hard to load and I am sure it is affecting my grouping.