Freedivr2
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Hey guys.........I had to use some solid copper bullets in my .50 cal T/C Omega muzz for a special hunt last month here in Colorado (cull hunt in Boulder). Long story short, I had two different types of Barnes copper bullets, and both of them were next to impossible to load. I think the Omegas have a super tight bore or something. A warden suggested I use a Federal Bor Lock, said they were accurate and load easy. Both those things were true, they did. And I was using Blackhorn 209 powder which is a fantastic clean propellent. Anyway, I had a hangfire at the range when sighting in using these bullets and couldn't figure out why as it only happened once. Loaded the gun for the hunt, and on the 2nd day, had an elk at 87 yards broadside, no clue I was there. Took my time, squeezed and pop went the primer!!!! Off went the elk. Waited a couple minutes, and my only option without a breech wrench (dumb!), was to try again. Again, only the primer popped. Waited 5 minutes, pressed down on the bullet real hard (and kept safe as I could in doing this), loaded another primer and off it went. Loaded another load, used the same pressure as a powerbelt, and again, a hangfire. I concluded that these bullets needed about double the pressure on the ramrod than the Powerbelts did. No idea why, maybe the fiberglass thing on the bottom of the bullet that "scrapes the barrel clean" (per the advertisement) is the problem. Anyway, I would avoid using these bullets again unless I absolutely had to. Worked fine at the range except for one hangfire, but with only one shot chance in the field, and the firearm jostling around a bit hiking in, maybe the bullet works loose since it loads so easy, I have no idea. Sticking with good ol powerbelts and lead from here on out unless the law says diff.