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Post by 10point on Oct 18, 2017 13:48:53 GMT -5
Last night I was sighting in my Muzzleloader. I started at 50 yards and first 3 shots were on the money I was feeling great. I then moved to 100 and dropped 6-7 inches. Not feeling great. Ran out of daylight and will have to return. Shooting an old Knight Wolverine with 80 grains loose 777 and hornady 240 grain XTP. Is it typical that I would get this much drop in 50 yards?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2017 14:12:33 GMT -5
Last night I was sighting in my Muzzleloader. I started at 50 yards and first 3 shots were on the money I was feeling great. I then moved to 100 and dropped 6-7 inches. Not feeling great. Ran out of daylight and will have to return. Shooting an old Knight Wolverine with 80 grains loose 777 and hornady 240 grain XTP. Is it typical that I would get this much drop in 50 yards? You can look up the ballistic of that load and see how much it drops in a 100 yards to compare. If true, you might want to be a little high at 50 so you are a little low at 100. |
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Post by parson on Oct 18, 2017 18:24:52 GMT -5
I had one just like that for years. I always shot either 90 or 100 grains loose Pyrodex with 240 grain XTP. I don't remember particulars, but I didn't have that much drop.
Maybe increasing your load will flatten it out some.
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Post by deadeer on Oct 18, 2017 22:24:58 GMT -5
I still have that same gun. I would up it to 90gr. Sight it on at 100yd, then see what you have at 50yd. It should be 1-2" high at most.
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Post by jackryan on Oct 18, 2017 23:05:58 GMT -5
Last night I was sighting in my Muzzleloader. I started at 50 yards and first 3 shots were on the money I was feeling great. I then moved to 100 and dropped 6-7 inches. Not feeling great. Ran out of daylight and will have to return. Shooting an old Knight Wolverine with 80 grains loose 777 and hornady 240 grain XTP. Is it typical that I would get this much drop in 50 yards? Shoot it across a chronograph if you want to really KNOW what it should be doing. |
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Post by throbak on Oct 19, 2017 6:27:31 GMT -5
Bump it up 20 grains or so and I think you’re going to see a big difference
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Post by dbd870 on Oct 19, 2017 7:01:29 GMT -5
I agree.
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Post by jjas on Oct 19, 2017 9:14:36 GMT -5
Last night I was sighting in my Muzzleloader. I started at 50 yards and first 3 shots were on the money I was feeling great. I then moved to 100 and dropped 6-7 inches. Not feeling great. Ran out of daylight and will have to return. Shooting an old Knight Wolverine with 80 grains loose 777 and hornady 240 grain XTP. Is it typical that I would get this much drop in 50 yards? Were the the shots grouping tight @ 100 yards? |
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Post by steiny on Oct 19, 2017 9:27:56 GMT -5
If they are grouping tight, I'd leave it alone and go with it, just compensate for bullet drop or adjust scope for a 100 yard zero. I'm no muzzy expert but have shot and owned a bunch of them. Always found 70-80 grains in my 50 cals produced the tightest groups. 100 Grain or more flattened out the trajectory, but groups got bigger.
Also have found most of the promotional stuff claiming muzzys to be 200 yards capable was mostly BS. Much past 100 yards and they are out of gas, dropping quickly. I'm sure someone will jump in and argue otherwise, but these are my findings.
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Post by stevein on Oct 19, 2017 15:48:41 GMT -5
A friend I was helping has similar results with a TC Renegade in .50 shooting 90 graind of 2Fg Goex and the Lee Real Bullets. The age of the sub powders can have results you may not like similar to this. A chrno would help. I admit to having little experience with the new muzzle loaders. My .54 loaded with 115 grains of 2Fg Goex and 235 gr roundball sighted in at 25 yards 1" high prints just a little high at 50. At 100 about 4" low, at 150 8" low. This is with open sights about 3/8 high.
My 44 mag with the same bullet with a scope shoots about dead on at 50, and 2" low at 100. Should be about the same veloicity at the muzzle.
I would bump up to 100-120 grains with FRESH powder and try that.
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