Nothing but a click with four deer 50 yards out this morning. I actually managed to slowly load another primer, and got another click. I was furious. Both primers did go off when I checked afterward. I had sighted and cleaned it thoroughly the other day and removed excess oil, but all I could figure was there was residual oil in the breach plug. When I left and checked it out, my bullet was halfway down the barrel. I'm new to this and had read something last night about a guy having that problem with powerbelts. I was even more furious because I was going to check that the bullet was seated before going into the woods this morning but I had my electrical tape over the muzzle so I didn't bother because I'd been careful to carry it muzzle up. I had just loaded it last night and then put it upright in the safe. The only possibility was the case sliding side to side a bit in the backseat on the way over, which to me is extremely lame for a bullet to not stay seated just through a 12 minute ride. So now I'll load just before going in when I get there, and check it when I'm in place.
Moving forward...what bullets have you more experienced guys used where you haven't had this problem? Thanks in advance.
P.S. Fyi, 245 grain Powerbelt copper, 100 grains Blackhorn 209 with a 209 shotgun primer.
Moving forward...what bullets have you more experienced guys used where you haven't had this problem? Thanks in advance.
P.S. Fyi, 245 grain Powerbelt copper, 100 grains Blackhorn 209 with a 209 shotgun primer.
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