My new smoke pole!!!

I took some of my guns in to see if I was going to get a decent trade.I wasnt expecting much ..lol. I must have caught them on a good day. I ended up getting the accura v2 mr.After my trade it cost me about 50.00 plus tax. I also purchased a really nice scope for it. I got a bushnell banner 4x12x40 as well as a few accessories. I cant wait to get out this weekend and get it sighted in.It is a very well made gun.They have done a great job with this one.Very solid, with no slop or poor fitting parts and The bore is perfectly smooth and shiny and the nitride coating is flawless. I think i,m going to enjoy this one for a very long time.Im really hoping there will be a nice buck taken with it this ML season.:goodstuff:

Congrats on making a good choice, you'll be very pleased at how well it shots right out of the box.

I seem to remember that you plan on using pellets, but if you want to try and find the 'sweet' load, you will need to try loose powder...not to say that x2 pellets will not give you excellent results, but most inline perform best with 80-90 gr of T7.

Good buy !!

Nice rifle. I believe mike about the loose powder but why do guys always want to shoot three pellets. That's what I was told to shoot when I got my first muzzle loader..is there much gain going to a 150 load ...Thanks Dutch.

I have never shot three pellets.I have never seen the need.I may try it with this gun just to see the results in case I ever want to do any longer range shots. I will try the BH 209 once I can get my hands on it.I looked to see if The store had the breech plug for it but they didnt.I would have grabbed one if they had.I grabbed another pack of the federal premiums as well. This gun shoulders pretty much exactly the same as my wolf so there wont be anything new to get used to. I should be hitting the mark fairly quick.

http://www.basspro.com/Bushnell-Bann...SSSELL_PRODUCT

This is the scope I went with.It should be a perfect match (i Hope anyway)

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but why do guys always want to shoot three pellets.

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It's dangerous and against Safety Warnings by Hodgdon to use more than 2 pellets of Triple 7....but guys still do it, thinking they will get more velocity and make them better shooters Haha..

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The maximum load per shot should never exceed 120 grains (2) Pellets.

from: https://www.hodgdon.com/ml-warning.html

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http://www.basspro.com/Bushnell-Bann...SSSELL_PRODUCT

This is the scope I went with.It should be a perfect match (i Hope anyway)

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I like Bushnell scopes.....but for an ML I would have gone with the shotgun scope, same price and gives you an extra 1" of eye relief.

http://www.basspro.com/Bushnell-Bann...product/60304/

I have one of those on my wolf.I wanted something better for longer distance on this gun.

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I have one of those on my wolf.I wanted something better for longer distance on this gun.

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I only mention it because I have a scar above my right eye because of a Rifle scope on my ML...the shot required I twist for the shot and I got bit....look for the longer eye relief since ..Haha

Are guns rated for magnum loads not 150 g loads or three pellets Dutch

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Are guns rated for magnum loads not 150 g loads or three pellets Dutch

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Dunno..but my guess would be that the gun specs would dictate the max loads/pressures....the Remington Ultimate is rated for x4 pellets...

but as it stands Hodgdon still says the max for T7 is 120 grs...two 60gr magnum pellets are safe.

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I only mention it because I have a scar above my right eye because of a Rifle scope on my ML...the shot required I twist for the shot and I got bit....look for the longer eye relief since ..Haha

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Ouch not good.Hopefully I will not run into that scenario...God knows I got enough scars.

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Dunno..but my guess would be that the gun specs would dictate the max loads/pressures....the Remington Ultimate is rated for x4 pellets...

but as it stands Hodgdon still says the max for T7 is 120 grs...two 60gr magnum pellets are safe.

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This gun says its max is 150 gr. They do not mention what bullet weight should be used for a magnum load. I would have thought that the weight of the bullet would play a part in the overall pressure but maybe its insignificant.I may try 150gr but 90% of the time I would never need it.

Congrats. Those accura ml are very very nice. Best of luck during ml season....

Nice gun! Hope to see it in a pic next to deer later this season!

My recommendation would be to just stick with two T7 pellets. No sense beating yourself up for nothing. Most reports I've heard when guys step up to 150 grains is that recoil increases, velocity and energy increases... accuracy goes out the window.

To touch on what Dutch and Mike were saying... I believe (although I may be wrong) that 150 grains of T7 does not equal 150 grains of pyrodex in loose powder form. T7 is apparently about 15% more potent. So, 85 grains of T7 would equal about 100 grains of pyrodex. If you were to load up 150 grains of T7 you would be outside of the recommended specs. Note that this is in loose powder form only, the pellets are supposed to be the same as pyrodex. From that information, 3 x 50 grain pellets of T7 would be OK, 150 grains of loose T7 would not. This is just what I've read around the internet on other hunting forums, not hard fact, so take it with a grain of salt.

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My recommendation would be to just stick with two T7 pellets. No sense beating yourself up for nothing. Most reports I've heard when guys step up to 150 grains is that recoil increases, velocity and energy increases... accuracy goes out the window.

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Just recently read an article where a guy proved out that the majority of the powder in the 3rd pellet just gets blown out of the barrel unburnt...wasted powder/money.

Yes, accuracy flounders with these ML once your powder passes 100 grs....I did some trials last fall to confirm my loads and found that at 120 grs the bullet can't be grouped at 100 yds, ended up laddering back down to 80grs to get the tightest groupings.

I shoot 50 grain pellets with Powerbelts, it is a tack driver with 2 pellets but you get tumblers when you move up to 150 grains. Something I did notice on paper, even at 30-50 yards. will never do more then 2 pellets in any hunting situation now.
John

My manual does say that if using a magnum load to go with pellets because a powder charge is likely to be partially wasted.I hadnt really even considered the recoil aspect. I have bad shoulders so re thinking I may not bother.I dont have any trouble managing the recoil at 100gr but 150 is a big step up. Not sure why I didnt think of that sooner...doh!!

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Nice gun! Hope to see it in a pic next to deer later this season!

My recommendation would be to just stick with two T7 pellets. No sense beating yourself up for nothing. Most reports I've heard when guys step up to 150 grains is that recoil increases, velocity and energy increases... accuracy goes out the window.

To touch on what Dutch and Mike were saying... I believe (although I may be wrong) that 150 grains of T7 does not equal 150 grains of pyrodex in loose powder form. T7 is apparently about 15% more potent. So, 85 grains of T7 would equal about 100 grains of pyrodex. If you were to load up 150 grains of T7 you would be outside of the recommended specs. Note that this is in loose powder form only, the pellets are supposed to be the same as pyrodex. From that information, 3 x 50 grain pellets of T7 would be OK, 150 grains of loose T7 would not. This is just what I've read around the internet on other hunting forums, not hard fact, so take it with a grain of salt.

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I have another property that I can hunt.I havent used it for a cple yrs so as far as I know there havent been any deer taken there for a while, and there are lots of em around.Its a of a spot to get into and thats why I stopped going there. I am planning to go there for the ML hunt since our group already took 3 deer of our main property this yr. There is a good chance that there is a nice buck roaming around there.

Well done!

Congrats! I hope you won't be disappointed with this gun. I have accura v2 and really enjoy that. I've found this gun likes 250gr more than 300. Best accuracy I get with 90-100gr of T7.

I should be out tomorrow for some shooting.I well post my thoughts.I shoot 270 gr rounds with 2 77 pellets (for now at least) I,m sure that I can expect at least as good accuracy as I,m getting with my wolf.