that looks like a double charge.. the 10ML uses the same action & barrel as savage rifles that fire smokeless cartridges.
The rifle in the article looks like a Knight which is a high quality muzzleloader made of high quality steel. I think he must have really overloaded it to explode like that.
Sorry, that wasn't directed at your post; it just followed it. I was talking about the OP presumably using smokeless powder.Why try different guns, calibers, reloading formulas? Why try to achieve sub MOA accuracy? Why hunt?
That has not been my experience at all. Sure there's more smoke than a cartridge rifle, but I think a lot of the increase can be explained by simply using 100gr of the BH209 vs 4 or 5 grain of a double nitro powder from Alliant (for example). In any case, it's way less than BP.I've tried blackhorn 209 with several different charges. Still makes a mess in your barrel and a lot of smoke. Ended up switching back to 777 pellets for convenience.
That has not been my experience at all. Sure there's more smoke than a cartridge rifle, but I think a lot of the increase can be explained by simply using 100gr of the BH209 vs 4 or 5 grain of a double nitro powder from Alliant (for example). In any case, it's way less than BP.
To each his own, of course.
i think the guy with the savage in the pic i posted was measuring smokless by volume instead of by weight.
Can't wait for "regular rifles" to pass for deer season.
The stupidity will just fade away.....................