Claim: 500 yard Muzzleloader

Furthest shot I've taken while HUNTING was a tad over 300,at a buck,at a downhill angle.
But conditions were absolutely perfect.
Broadside,not alert,zero wind,huge shot window.
I put idk how many rounds thru that cva elkhorn magnum. Enough to know that it literally became an extension of me,and when shooting,instincts took over.
I know every single nuance of that rifle,of my load and my bullet and preferred sabot.
I know what it and I together are capable of.
That said,I used a tree trunk and my hand as a rest and made a deadly shot.
Would I do it again?
Absolutely.
Because again,I know that rifle and how it and myself perform together.
It all boils down to practice practice practice.
Can a muzzleloader take game at that distance...I believe so.

It's nice to hear from another person that has made a long, successful shot. One does get tired of hearing how such things are not possible. Am curious as to what caliber and bullet you used to make your shot.

Jim Watson said:

As the Irish team at Creedmoor 1876 said, the only advantage of the Americans' Remington and Sharps breechloaders was their ease of wiping and loading. The Rigby muzzleloaders were just as accurate, given time to set up.

Can't figure out the bolt action muzzleloader. Does it use black powder?

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The Creedmoor matches were held in what is now the borough of Queens in NYC. Interesting read on the range: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedmoor_Rifle_Range

Barnes Expander MZ 300gr. in factory sabot.
Pushed by 85gr pyrodex rs.
CCI #11 cap. Open factory sights.
CVA elkhorn pro magnum rifle. Rifle is stock the way it came from bass pro.
That rifle is.one I will never part with. That load consistently prints a 2" 3 shot group 3/4" high at 200yards from a rest.
I know I got the golden one from the assembly line,and I've probably close to 3k shots thru it,and it never fails me.
Best $300 I ever spent on a rifle.

The average shooter/hunter has not got the ability to accurately gauge yardage at extended ranges nor could he dope the drop for those ranges.

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If you're shooting at known ranges it isn't hard at all to compensate for bullet drop. Target shooters always shoot at known ranges and modern range finders have made longer shots in the hunting fields much more practical.

Steel Horse Rider said:

It is probably hard to keep your site hidden if there is a large cloud of smoke after you fire. Just saying, BP is probably not a good sniper weapon......

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There was a great series of stories in the Gun Digest 1970's issues about a budding young gunsmith named "J. M. Pyne" (Harry Pope) one of in which he meets a gentleman in the South who keeps trying to shoot the "Damn Yankee" that's been "snoopin around" , with a Civil War sniper rifle; a single shot with a false muzzle, started that fit into the false muzzle, paper patch cutter, and full-length brass scope. He barely misses Pyne, and Pyne rigs up a straw dummy on a clothesline, goes to the same place, (he was investigating the revenge murder of a friend or something like that) and the guy hits the dummy. Pyne runs up to the spot where he figured the shot came from, and old barn loft, and the guy is cheerfully cleaning the gun and finishes casing it up, and presents it to Pyne, saying "It's done it's final duty, it shall never kill again." Pyne accepts it saying, "I'd like to shoot it, and find out what it can do, and how it does it."
Just the thing for a budding young teenage gunsmith to read. I loved those stories.