777 advice

[tacfoley]

1. 777, Clean-shot and Pyrodex RS all need to be heavily compressed to work well in a muzzle-loader.

Wrong, 777 should not be compressed, it should be loaded loose with the wad just sitting on it not tamped down as you would with BP.

Thank you for your comment - however, I base my advice on the wording from Hodgdons own web-site notes regarding the loading of Triple Seven -

Quote - 'Seat the projectile firmly against the powder. Make sure that there is no airspace between the powder and the projectile.'

There is no mention of a wad there, nor do you use a wad when loading a .577 Minie bullet.

However, as I said to the OP, please feel free to ignore this.

tac