National 4H Shooting Sports Program

Dear Sirs,

This picture was taken at the Shot Show by our 4-H Ambassadors. We appreciate your contributions to the National 4-H Shooting Sports program. On behalf of the 4-H Ambassador Team, I want to thank you for the hospitality you provided them during their stay at the Shot Show. It was a memorable experience for them.

Sincerely,
Kenneth Sabo
Executive Director

Mike Mattly

Tom,

Africa was great. No problems with the powder. I even took a box of pellets and T7 loose and no questions. I didn't try to bring them
back though, thought that would be pushing my luck. I will send pics to you. I got the new world record Kalahari Gemsbok with a muzzle
loader. Feel free to use the pics.

Take care,

Mike

Doug Dickens

Dear Chris:

Triple 7 came through! I shot a Big Kudu using Triple Seven. I went out yesterday, July 11. 2002 with PH Neil Schoeman of Tollie's African Safari's www.safari-in-africa.com to hunt Impala and Kudu. We got a nice Impala by noon but did not see any Kudu.

During the afternoon at about 2:45 we spotted a big Kudu Bull of in the bush at about 140 yards. I shot him and killed him using A Westley Richards by Francotte Martini in 577/450 caliber. I was using a.460 gr. lead bullet, in a Bertram case using 105 gr. Equivalent of Triple Seven. I got over 48 inches of penetration. The Kudu was hit in a quartering away shot just in front to the left hip. The bullet traveled through the full paunch, the liver, right lung and rib cage and landed in the right front shoulder.

Triple Seven was especially important for this hunt, as I didn't have my cleaning gear with me yesterday. I was able to put off cleaning this valuable antique rifle until today. When I did clean the bore it was as bright and shiny as new.

Sincerely,
Doug Dickens

Herbert Troester

Dear Chris:

In May of 2002, I shot these targets to test Triple Seven 2F and 3F.

C. Hawken .54, 120 gr. Triple 7 2F, one fowler off target, E.S. 2.25"

C. Hawken, 70 gr. Triple 7 3F, no fowler, E.S. 3.6" for 6, 1.1" for 5. The patch is 100% cotton duck/canvas 10 oz.

Sincerely,
Herbert Troester

National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association
Manufacturers Match 2003

H.P. Gregory (shooting for Knight Rifles) was the top overall individual shooter with a score of 288 out of a possible 300. He also set a new national record for the unlimited aggregate besting the old record by 3 points. Congratulations H.P., great shooting. After the shoot, H.P. sent the following comments to the Hodgdon Powder Co. office; "While getting ready for the manufactures match at Friendship, IN., I tried all different types of powder. I found Triple Seven gave the best results. It gave the best accuracy of them all. I found that it shot cleaner and gave very reliable ignition under all conditions. I was very impressed with its performance. I recommend it highly for anyone who wants to get the very best performance out of their modern muzzleloading hunting rifle. Thanks for making such a quality product."

2nd Place winner, Bill Rose shooting for Austin & Halleck was also using Triple Seven. In fact, 3 of the top five shooters were using Triple Seven

J.L. Hargis, Bob Elka, and Elwood Cullers pictured below left, won their 4th team championship. The last two years, J.L., Bob and Elwood, were shooting our new sulfur free Triple Seven powder. These guys could shoot any muzzleloading propellant they want. Their choice, Triple Seven.

Another Knight team finished second. The team members, (sorry no picture) were,Sarah Lotts, Theresa Van Epps, Tony Capriglione, and H.P. Gregory were all shooting Triple Seven. In fact, three of the top five teams and seven of the 14 teams entered were using Triple Seven. All of these top shooters will tell you, "if you want a winner on the range or in the field, give Triple Seven a chance in your in-line muzzleloader."

Congratulations and thanks to all the competitors and best of luck next year.

Ken Byers

Dear Chris,

I wanted to share with you a copy of the muley buck I shot in South Dakota using your Pyrodex Pellets. The bullet was Hornady 300 gr. 45 cal. I used 3 Pyrodex 50 gr. 50 cal. pellets. The gun was a Knife MK-85 Stainless 50 cal.

Thanks,
Ken Byers

Brenda Valentine

Master Hunter 2000 award winner Brenda Valentine uses Pyrodex products, here are just a few of her trophies:

Rachel & Megan Veach

Dear Chris,

The photo at left is of Rachel and a nice Iowa Whitetail taken 7:30 am opening day of the 2001 season. The little buck was harvested with a Knight rifle, 240 gr. XTP bullet and 100 gr. of Pyrodex.

This photo is of Megan and a nice buck taken opening day 1995. This buck was also taken with a Knight rifle and Pyrodex Powder. We use Pyrodex and Pyrodex Select exclusively in our muzzleloaders. Congratulations on a great product. We will also be checking out Triple 7.

On a side note, just a comment about Lil' Gun. It's GREAT! I'm reloading a 22 Hornet with Lil' Gun. It's clean, meters well and provides great velocities with lower pressures. WELL DONE!

Sincerely,
Tim Veach

Steven Futch

Dear Chris,

The photo at left was taken in Nov. 2001 in Idaho. The Whitetail buck was taken with a 142 B&C, 2/50gr. 50 cal. Pyrodex Pellets.

This photo was also taken in Nov. 2001 in Idaho. This 5x7 Mule deer was taken with a 171 B&C, 2/50gr. 50 cal. Pyrodex Pellets.

This 6X6 Elk was taken in Sept. 2001 in Saskatchewan. I used a 222 B&C with 2/50gr., 50 cal. Pyrodex Pellets.

Richard took this 6x6 Elk in Sept. 2001 in Saskatchewan. He used a 367 B&C with 2/50gr., 50 cal. Pyrodex Pellets. A "cow" was called in by Steven Futch.

Sincerely,
Steven Futch

Chris Hodgdon

Success in Kansas,

Every once in a while the deer get close enough to throw a rock at! This happened to me on the first day of deer season in Kansas. It was getting late in the morning during a clear cool day with a light wind blowing in my face. I stood up from where I was sitting and was ready to move on and go home. Out of nowhere comes this nice buck, just over the slight rise in front of me, it steps over a barbed wire fence at 25 feet! I believe this buck was as much surprised as I was! At this point I didn't have time to think as I pulled the muzzleloader up to my shoulder and fired! Smoke and noise followed but no deer.

The buck ran off but there was a blood trail. I walked over the small rise and the fence following and suddenly I see several does and three bucks! I was in the thick of a herd and my deer was nowhere to be seen. I waited patiently while the other deer moved on. I got up from my hiding place and found my animal a short 50 yards away.

Thanks to Ron Nolan of Overland Park Kansas who helped me get the deer into the truck.

I used a Knight 50 Caliber DISC Rifle with 2-50gr. Pyrodex Pellets and a 250 gr. Barnes Bullet.

Chris Hodgdon

Richard and Sandi Mellon

Hi Chris,

I’m including some pictures of last week’s New Zealand hunt that Sandi and I went on. We filmed all the hunts for the 2009 season of Outdoor Quest. The Ikon in 30 TC was an awesome performer killing 6 animals with 6 shots at ranges out to 310 yards. 250 grain SST’s pushed out of the Triumph by 150 grains of Pyrodex pellets accounted for my Stag and ram at 93 and 153 yards respectively. $110.00 for a box of Pyrodex Pellets there!

I have an editorial piece to do on muzzle loader powders. I’m shooting and comparing the various powders available today and I’d like to include some Pyrodex and T 7 both in loose powder and pellets. Can you arrange some for me to use? Northern Tackle in Grande Prairie, Alberta is a distributor of Hodgdon I believe.

Thanks - Rich

S.B. Dalgleish

Dear Chris,

One of the problems that I have found is that I don't like recoil, I have discovered that the load that I like best is using your powder -Clays- in a Winchester or Federal type hull, 1 ounce loads with a claybuster wad #CB 4100 -12-209 primer either Winchester or Federal, with 18.5 grains of Clays.

I find this gives me a fast clean shot and something I can shoot all day.

Thank You,
S.B. Dalgleish

Mark Kenzer

Dear Sirs,

Upon arriving at my favorite Wisconsin grouse spot last fall, I discovered that I had left my factory hunting loads at home. I normally use both International Clays and Universal Clays for my target shotshell reloading but have always relied on factory loads for hunting. As luck would have it, I found a box of 20ga. reloads of 7/8oz., 7 1/2 shot loaded with International Clays in the console of my truck. As a return to town would require a round trip of an hour, I decided to hunt with these reloads. The cover was thick and challenging for shooting as any grouse hunter can attest to. As the picture shows, I was not disappointed in the performance of the shells loaded with your powder. I have always been satisfied with your products on the trap and skeet field and I will be relying on shells reloaded with your powders for my upland and waterfowling needs from now on as well.

Mark Kenzer

Robert Whited

Dear Mr. Hodgdon

My story starts by saying what a difference a powder can make. I am a very avid Chucker hunter here in Nevada where these birds are in abundance. These birds can run up to 30 mph and get up off the ground twice as fast or at least it seems that way. I started reloading my own shotshells about three years ago and have been looking for a powder that would send shot at a great speed for a good distance. I tried everything you could think of, all the powders, different wads, then one day I found your web sight and there it is in black and white LONGSHOT powder by Hodgdon, what a powder!! This stuff works. I have never checked it for velocity but as you can see my shotgunning improved greatly with the help of your powder.

Thank You,
Robert Whited

P.S. I have made a shot at 80 yards with an improved cylinder to my friends dismay, he is now changing his powder to LONGSHOT.

Don E. Magruder

Dear Chris:

This is my eighth year of registered Trap Shooting. As soon as I found out about and tried Clays Powder, it has been my brand ever since. It is clean and my loader really throws exact loads consistently with it.

Enclosed is a picture of my 1999 "big event" at our Missouri Championship. On Wednesday, May 12th, I was Missouri Runner-Up to Leo Harrison III in the Howard Scott Handicap with a 97. My reloads contained 18.3 grains of Clays and 1 1/8 oz. of #7 1/2 shot.

For singles, I use 17.3 grains of Clays with either 1 or 1/18 oz. of shot.

Sincerely,
Don E. Magruder

Jon Sayers

Dear Chris,

Jon started shooting skeet in the fall of 1997, and has progressed quickly over the past 3 1/2 years. He has won many awards in both the Junior & Collegiate divisions of the National Skeet Shooting Association. His most recent accomplishments have been winning the Class II 28 ga. Championship at the 2000 Junior World Championships and being selected for the 2001 All-American Collegiate Team as well as the Texas State Collegiate Team.

On the road to achieving these goals, Jon has shot over 20,000 rounds of 12, 20, & 28 ga. ammunition which was handloaded using Hodgdon Clays for the 12 ga. and Universal Clays in the 20 and 28. All without a single misfire or blooper.

Additionally, last dove season we loaded our 12 ga. shells with the new Hodgdon Longshot and 1 1/8 oz. of #8 shot with astonishing results.

I want to thank the folks at Hodgdon for helping make Jon's dreams come true.

Sincerely,
Charles Lambrecht
One Proud Dad

Casey Evans

Dear Chris,

I thought I would send you another story about my success with your products. I went hunting at my brothers farm in Kansas this year with my new 300 WSM . I loaded it with 65.5 gr of H4350 and 165 gr Nosler Ballistic tips. I had sighted my gun in at 2" high at 200 yards because of the longer range shooting opportunities I have experienced in Kansas in the past. This paid off when I was afforded the opportunity to get a shot at him at 300 + yards . The gun performed great and I took this deer with a well placed shot right behind the shoulder. I have been a long time user of Hodgdon Products and have had great success reloading and taking deer with several different rifles all using hand loads with your products.

Keep up the good work with a great line of products.

Sincerely,
Casey Evans

Karl Johnson

Hi Chris,

This photo shows Karl Johnson of Kennewick, WA (on the right) with his first deer, thanks to the efforts of his "hunting uncle", and over 100 rounds of practice with Hodgdon reduced loads in a 30-30 Winchester. While the deer pictured was harvested with a full-power .308 Win, Karl's uncle indicated that the reduced blast and recoil of the 30-30's gave Karl the confidence he needed to complete a 100 yard off-hand shot when it counted.

Thank you for continuing to provide quality propellants and services to the shooting community.

Regards,
Craig Seal

Paul Kruger

Dear Hodgdon,

This is a picture of my dad & myself and a bull moose I shot using my 9.3 X 64 Brenneke with a 270gr Speer, H414 and a 215 primer (same load as in the bear picture from May 2001). First and only load I ever had to develop for this rifle. I have used it at -32C to shoot another moose not shown here a few years back and have also used it in warm weather also (70F) hunting spring bear. When I first developed the loads during testing I shot several under 1" groups off the bench.

Good powder, H414.

Regards,
Paul Kruger

Richard Moore

Dear Chris,

This is a picture of me, Richard G.Moore, firing in the Ontario Rifle Assoc. summer matches. It was a coached-team match, at 900 metres, and I scored 50/50, 8 Vees which won for our team. Equipment: Wichita action: McLellan 30inch stainless barrel, 7.62 Nato calibre, 155 gr. Hornady A-max bullet, 47.0 gr. Hodgdon's Varget.

I use Varget consistently for my competitive shooting and appreciate its resistance to temperature change. Bullets were seated .010 off the rifling, molycoated and gave an average deviation of 9.1 ' /sec. at an average muzzle velocity of 2965' /sec.
Note this was designated as our annual "Umbrella Match, " a quite civilized way to shoot in the wet or the heat.

Sincerely,
Richard Moore

Sue Tyndall

Dear Chris,

My wife (Sue Tyndall) did it once again. She got the better Deer in Colorado. I have been loading both our ammo with Hodgdon Powder for many years. Her ammo for Five years now (with H1000) has never failed to perform as expected. She hunts with a 270 caliber rifle and with your powder it has "always" been a "minute of angle" shooter. She continues to make one shot kills, and she has no lack of confidence with "her"ammo combination.

Thanks again for great, consistent product!

Donnie R. Tyndall

Doug Olds

Dear Chris:

My cousin and I were on our last hunting trip of the elk season. I was working up a draw and my cousin went to the top to work the ridge down. I was 20 to 30 yards from the road. I was very tired because the draw was steep and brushy So I sat down to rest and went to the bathroom. In doing so, my rifle was 4-5 feet from me. I rested about 7- 12 minutes. All of a sudden I heard a trotting sound coming from the road above. I had my Taurus 44 Magnum on my hip loaded with Nosler 300gr. bullets with 19 grains of Hodgdon H110. I took the 44 out of the holster and waited. Then the bull, a 5 by 5, jumped off the road about 25 -30 yards in front of me. He stopped and looked back up to the road. He never looked at me. I don't know if he smelled me or was waiting for more elk. When he stopped and looked back to the road I shot him in the neck. He dropped to his knees like a brick. He rolled once and landed in the small creek with butt down and head up. Perfect! I believe he was dead before he hit the ground. This is my first elk. The elk all dressed out without its' head, skin and legs, weighed 346 pounds. The butcher said on the hoof, the elk would have weighed 700 to 750 pounds.

In the above photo, I'm the one dressed in full camo with the camo baseball hat. My cousin Dan, is next to me. I was so glad to have Hodgdon H110 in my gun. The powder kills game dead!!!

Sincerely,
Doug Olds

Brian Smith

Dear Chris:

Whitetail deer taken in western Kansas 12/00. Load: 454 Casull, 240 JHP with 36 grains of H110. Accurate and powerful load, one shot at 110 yards.

Sincerely,
Brian Smith

Jim Bibb

Dear Chris,

This bear was taken with my Magnum Research 454 Casull. I used 30.5 gr. of your H110 behind Hornadys 300 gr. XTP Magnum bullet. Your H110 is the only powder I use in my 454 Casull and all of my 44 Magnum handguns.

Thanks for a great product!

Sincerely,
Jim Bibb

Vince Lucchetti

Dear Hodgdon.

While I have participated in USPSA Shooting and IDPA for a half season last year (2001), I decided to start reloading for both for this season (2002). I chose Titegroup based on my research and the large number of personal references on it as well as watching other shooters switching to it from other brands.

I watched my groups and my scores improve dramatically with the use of Titegroup. Over many thousands of rounds and months of shooting, I have not had one problem with any rounds. Rounds feed and function flawlessly through both my SIG-Sauer's and my Glocks. In the recent Tri-State Championship I won Production "D" Class and feel confident that it was a large part of my success.

My thanks and appreciation for a fine product.

Sincerely,
Vince Lucchetti

DJ Bushman

November 29, 2001

Kansas Buck taken with a .445 Super Mag, Nosler 250gr. Partition @1625 fps, Hodgdon LIL'GUN at 125 yards. The 21 1/8" 8 point Whitetail weighed 269 lbs and dressed at 221 lbs.

"The quality of deer I chase, I can't afford a miss. Hodgdon Powder is accurate, and deadly, hands down!" DJ Bushman

DJ Bushman

Fall 2000, Oklahoma Buck taken at 20 yds. with the 414 Super Mag and the new 265gr. Magna shock premium ammo I developed.

DJ Bushman

Fall 2000, Kansas Buck taken at 40 yds. with the 414 Super Mag and the new 265gr. Magna shock premium ammo I developed.

DJ Bushman

Kansas Dec.99; Dan Wesson 445 Super Mag 8 inch comp.; Starline brass; 300gr. Sierra JSP; 30.0gr H108; at 85 yards broadside. Dropped instantly! Deer green scored at 172 5/8 BC, and measured 22"inside spread; 13 points Non-Typical.

DJ Bushman

Oklahoma Nov.99; Dan Wesson 414 Super Mag 6 inch comp.; Starline brass; 220gr Sierra FPJ; 28.0gr H110; at 15 yards. Doe. "H110 is a great performer in the 414."

DJ Bushman

Oklahoma; NOV 99; Dan Wesson 414 Super Mag 10", Bausch & Lomb Elite 3000 scope; 9 point whitetail; Starline brass; Sierra 170gr JHC bullet; 29.0gr Lil' Gun; at 75 yards. "Lil' Gun has proved itself well in my testing of the 414!"

DJ Bushman

December 1998 - Kansas Deer Hunt

445 Supermag 10"
Barnes 200gr. x Pistol bullet
32.8gr. H110
Starline Brass / Fed. 210
224 lb. 7 point whitetail
Complete penetration!

"Hodgdon propellants used in my testing and hunts go beyond what is expected!"

-DJ Bushman - Dan Wesson Tech

DJ Bushman

Colorado; OCT 98; Dan Wesson 445 Super Mag 10"; Leupold scope; 4 pt mule deer; Starline brass; Barnes 225 gr. X pistol bullet; 31.8gr. H110, at 104 yards broadside. Complete penetration through the shoulder.