I've been working with a couple of cylinder bored muzzleloaders lately, and with those I am not so happy with the patterns. I prefer not to use plastic shotcups with my muzzleloaders and stick with more traditional wads. I have since had the barrels in one of these guns jug choked, and the pattern results with traditional cardboard wads are really excellent and comparable to modern shotguns. With my other muzzleloader it would be necessary to use quite heavy (1 1/2 oz. +) shot loads for good patterns, and I have found this to be very uncomfortable. I believe that using modern plastic shotcups makes patterns much better and with my breechloading guns I have had good success with these in cylinder barrels for close shots. But my favorite pheasant choke combination for South Dakota is light modified/improved modified.
Last edited by Golfswithwolves; 07/13/11 11:29 PM.
