Bullet Selection for my LK93 50 cal
Posted: August 29th, 2012, 10:45 pm
I have an LK93 50 caliber that is hard to load. It is a good shooter with sabots and 44 mag lead solids but almost impossible to load after a couple of shots. #11 cap and 90 grains of loose black powder, FF, FFF, pyrodex pellets, nothing makes it easier. The rifling is not filled but loading is almost impossible. A brush and a few wet to dry patches and you can load again.
Tried the bore butter but it didn't seem to help. Then the power belts and found them easy to load but all over the paper (about 8 inches) from a bench rest at 50 yards. I have a TC New Englander that will go most of the morning at the range without these problems so i am stumped.
I just scoped my rifle and know sighting it in with the sabots would be almost impossible because of the loading issue but they group well and I have killed deer with them (but no blood trails).
Looking for suggestions from Knight shooters regarding a bullet combination that should be reasonably easy to load but "hunting accurate" out to 100 yards.
Also thinking about buying the Knight conversion kit and going to 209 primers. Bulk powder is getting harder to find and most stores here have stopped carrying the #11 caps.
Tried the bore butter but it didn't seem to help. Then the power belts and found them easy to load but all over the paper (about 8 inches) from a bench rest at 50 yards. I have a TC New Englander that will go most of the morning at the range without these problems so i am stumped.
I just scoped my rifle and know sighting it in with the sabots would be almost impossible because of the loading issue but they group well and I have killed deer with them (but no blood trails).
Looking for suggestions from Knight shooters regarding a bullet combination that should be reasonably easy to load but "hunting accurate" out to 100 yards.
Also thinking about buying the Knight conversion kit and going to 209 primers. Bulk powder is getting harder to find and most stores here have stopped carrying the #11 caps.