arcticap
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The .54's effective hunting range is basically limited only by your accuracy. Heavy hunting loads with the 1 in 48" could suffer stringing with or without the patch shredding. You made a lot of progress. Maybe the previous owner was using another powder or patch & ball load.
From this point it's recommended to only switch one variable at a time when testing out new loads. There's ball, patch, powder, wad, lubricant and not too much else. Remember that the barrel temperature can vary from season to season and that when hunting it's the first shot out of a cold clean barrel that counts the most, and not the size of the groups or whether the patches get shredded or not.
From this point it's recommended to only switch one variable at a time when testing out new loads. There's ball, patch, powder, wad, lubricant and not too much else. Remember that the barrel temperature can vary from season to season and that when hunting it's the first shot out of a cold clean barrel that counts the most, and not the size of the groups or whether the patches get shredded or not.
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