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Levee Jumper said:
I shoot the 45 cal. Hornady SST's and 150 grains of the triple 7 pellets along with several people I know. All in Knight Rifles but all with great success. 9 out of 10 don't get out of sight if they don't immediately go down. Massive holes, normally an exit and plenty of blood. Never considered deviations in the powder, but definitely something to consider.
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The 100 grain SST combo is all I ever shot. Like I said USED be automatic. Shoot go get deer at 20-50 yards. I may experiment with 3 pellets after I figure out the scope.
 
So it went from accurate to all over the place. Check scope mount. Send scope to manufacturer to test it. If all are good, Check the muzzle crown. I had a damaged crown drive me crazy trying to determine what changed.
 
Jcalder said:
I don't have the best opinion on the sst. I would opt for an xtp or even a Barnes, tho I don't love the Barnes as much. If you can find the Parker ballistic extreme that's what I would use if I needed to shoot further than 100 yards regularly
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I will echo the concern over the sst's . always a dead deer, but rarely any sort of blood trail. Small hole going in, and small hole coming out, if they exited. Sure, the insides were jelly but a deer can go a long way with no lungs. I switched to XTP's and am considering the Barnes.
 
I ended up JB welding my scope base to my receiver on my muzzy. Was having issues and scope and rings were always good since I had bought quality. But the dang scope base was still moving even with the screws locktited. Think this was a Jeff Hankins reconemmedation
 
square said:
So it went from accurate to all over the place. Check scope mount. Send scope to manufacturer to test it. If all are good, Check the muzzle crown. I had a damaged crown drive me crazy trying to determine what changed.
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Holy crap just messed with scope and I am getting a slight wobble on the mount to the gun... I guess it jarred loose. Cant believe this.
 
Bgoodman30 said:
Shelving my muzzleloader or selling it CVA Optima. I can't fathom how I have such bad luck. 3 mature bucks in a row now with no recovery. Not wanting to go into details but bumped one, missed one and did not mortally wound one.. (hopefully).

I don't understand how it has gotten so off went from automatic shoot and go get buck to all over place. My son shot his first buck with it in 2022 right through the heart. After that I missed one and put it on paper and its 12" high? Dialed it in and when I put it on sled this year was again 9" high? Got it back to zero but then I missed a couple coyotes? Shot paper again and almost on?

Anyways I'm beside myself I'll wait for rifle I guess..
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Had the same situation a few years ago. It was the scope. You've got a defective scope on your hands. Almost guarantee it. Replace the scope and you'll be off to the races. 👍👍
 
Seems like you may have found the problem, but I'll stray away from the crowd on the SST. I like the 300gr SST, but like the 325 FTX better. I always get pass throughs and good blood trails with them, if the deer doesn't just drop at the shot (I shoot shoulders when I can). I'm not a fan of anything under 300gr in a ML.

Thus buck ran less than 50yd, but left one heck of a blood trail on Veterans Day. 325 FTX and 80gr BH209. Entry wound was toward the back of the rib cage. If I wait for a broadside shot then I may as well just take pictures where I hunt
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Almost as many shot and lost with ML compared to archery. Son brought a friend up from college. Killed 1 doe, missed a 10pt, wounded an 8pt. All in 2d hunting.
 

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