This photo is of an amazing 50-shot group from a muzzleloader. My friend, and longtime D&DH contributor, Toby Bridges achieved this incredible grouping while shooting the new Blackhorn 209 powder.

“That's 50 consecutive shots, fired over a course of 3 1/2 hours (from 6 a.m. to right at 9:30 a.m.)...which is a shot about every 4.2 minutes,” Toby reports. “I did not wipe the bore once during this entire string.  Actually, before going to this target, I fired 7 shots to check alignment, and to adjust for my shot to impact 4" high.  So, in all there were 57 shots fired through the rifle...and it has not been wiped yet.

“The temperature was 51 degrees when I started, with 38% humidity.  It was 66 degrees when I fired my last shot, with 33% humidity.  Dead calm until about shot No. 30...then an 8 to 10 m.p.h. slightly angling head wind for remainder of shooting.”

Toby was shooting a Knight .50-caliber Long Range Hunter Disc Extreme rifle with Harvester ML 300-grain Scorpion PT Gold bullets.

Granted, Toby is perhaps the foremost blackpowder authority in the U.S., but this is still one mind-boggling group!