Missing targets with black powder

[Kingston Wulff]

All of the suggestions so far, I think, are on-the-money. I shoot the black stuff in a number of calibers plus 12 ga. and I'm always curious about the velocity. I break clay like no tomorrow but the recipe books say that my velocity is only about 1000 fps. It may be that your eye-hand coordination to velocity may be "off" when shooting the BP. Missing at stations 1 and 7? Man, that is hard to take. Especially the low house at st. 7! I'm shooting 2F Elephant BP in brass hulls, lubed wads, without a shot cup. It works fine; don't see any reason to change.

[Andrew Sukel]

I’m going to get out this weekend, between cutting the wads in half and adding a OTS card under the shot I think it’s going to make a big difference, I took advice from everyone here, loaded a couple different loads and going to test them.
I learned a lot here. I’ll post back how I make out

[Andrew Sukel]

Well I did reduce the power charge and split the fiber wads in two plus adding a over the shot card to the top of the wad. I did not have a chance to put on a patterning board yet but did break a lot more targets with these loads.
Can you pack black powder too much?
Overall I think I’m on the right track, just need some time to put on a board and experiment. Thanks for all the help.