[biggameballs]

I am going on a guided muzzle loader hunt with my dad in december. This will be the 1st hunt with a muzzle loader. I was able to get my gun sighted in dead on at 50 yards with a nice 1" group all in the bullseye. I am wondering how high or low I will be at 100 and 150 yards because I could potentially have some longer shots being it is open farm country.

I am shoot a TC encore Pro Hunter with 110 gr of 777 pellets and a 250 gr Barnes Expander sabot. So what is your estimate at 100 and 150?

[biggameballs]

No one has any ideas? Some of you must shoot a somewhat similar load. I am not looking for anything exact here. Just an estimate so I can atleast hit vitals on a big corn fed deer.

[gotgcoalman]

Seems that is your (sweet load) up the load or alter the ball and it all turns to s***.
Work on your stalking skills and get within 50 yards of that deer then nail it cleanly.
ps nice groups

[madcratebuilder]

The particular barrel, type and amount of powder and projectile all well effect poi. Best thing to do is set up targets at 100 and 150 and shoot it. My 28" .50 is about 4-6" low at 100yd when sighted in for 50yd.

[biggameballs]

OK well according to Barnes if I was 2" high at 50 yards it would be about 8" low at 200. Am I safe to assume that the load would be about 4" low at 150 yards? Then would I be safe to assume that since I am right on at 50 yards insted of 2" high that I would be about 6" low at 150 yards?

[biggameballs]

Bump

Is the obove correct? Come on all these muzzle loaders and no one can help me out.

[RON in PA]

The best advise you received was to try your rifle at the ranges you are interested in.

In the real world almost all of your shots are going to be within 100 yards and probably much closer.

What you really need to do is spend as much time practicing, shooting from the off-hand position, if for no other reason than you owe the deer a clean kill and not a gut shot.

[lefteyedom]

If you want to spend $150 bucks get a chronograph and clock your loads then using the B.C for your bullet you could easily work out what the bullet drop and drift would be for as far as you would like.
But this will only tell you what your bullet should do.
With black powder you have to focus on loading as close to exactly the same load each time to get the same FPS load after load.

But in the real world of hunting you would do well to shoot at targets at real ranges. 150 yards off hand is a longer shot than most people realize.
Being able to reload and get a second shot in 15 seconds is a skill worth the practice.
Good luck with your hunt

[gotgcoalman]

personally 25 yards spot on
50 yards 3" high,
75 yards spot on.
100 yards 1 1/2 inch under.

smothe bore .45 kentucky rifle
1 charge fffg 150 gr ball

[biggameballs]

I appreciate the advice but I don't have time to go to the range again. I relize that most shots are going to be under 100 yards but again I am going on a guided hunt and there are some monsters roaming this area. I just want an idea of where I will be at 150 just incase that buck I can't pass up gives me a long shot. I find it hard to believe that out of all you muzzy hunters on here there is no one that shoots a similar load and can give me an estimated drop within 3-4 inches at 150 yards. I am not looking for exact precision here just need to know about where to aim if I do get a long shot at the big one.