Was reading an article about accuracy in a modern rifle and the ammo manufacturer was stating there ammo for accuracy had a slower velocity to improve accuracy. That being said I wondered had anyone tested this concept in black powder rifles. I would assume it would follow suit. Even though I have always tried to achieve the max velocity. Maybe that is why I am a ousy shot.
I note after a point faster seems to open up the group. My best shooting ever was a Green River .54x42x1
Loaded with .527 and .02 patch on seventy grains 3f GOex
Tack driver at fifty yards and under two inch’s at a hundred,
At 100 grains I was closer to four inches, and 140 added another inch
I have found my best shooting ever in the 1400-1500 fps
Now a caveat is my smoothies
If I’m shooting patched ball lower velocities are fine, but faster works better shooting bare ball.
In my TFC .62 I get great groups with PRB at 65 grains, but 110 on bare matches my patched.
However, being old and wimpy I generally shoot bare over 75 grains and it shoots with deer hunting accuracy
