Got my 1st Muzzle Loader Today

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I got a stainless steel T/C Pro Hunter. I put a Nikon BDC Omega on it. It feels great. I can’t wait to try it out. I just need to learn how. I am really excited. I have been reading everything I can on different loads and Sabots. I am going to try and find someone local who will give me a hand my first time out.

Thanks Blackpowder Shooting Board for your help.
 
Enjoy. You'vd got a lot of deeply satisfying moments in front of you, especially if you hunt and eat what you kill. It will taste good...Okay...
 
ok first question where you from

Next there is some videos i posted. They will give you a better understanding of your firearm. Look at the first post and scroll down to blackpowder 101

Oh and welcome the THR
 
Nice.

Hey there:
Nice gun You will learn to love it. All I shoot are Encores.
That BDC scope will be the trick. You will have to match your loads to it.
Which means magnum loads. Thats OK . But maybe will not be the most accurate. I put the Pro-Hunter stock on my Encore and it really reduced the recoil. The 300 gr, Shock waves By T/C with the black sabots should shoot well and have a BC of .189 .... The Hornady SST/ML 300 should shoot the same. Our Encores shoot the Barnes Red Hots ( By Knight) very well.
By very well I mean well under an inch at 100. We do not fire mag specs so I'm not sure what you will get for groups. The scope you have is geared for the hot loads. Anyway have fun.......:)
 
Well I am rethinking the BDC scope. I have a Leupold VXI 2x7 on my 11-87 and i was thinking of going with the same scope on this Pro Hunter. I guess I just wanted to try something differnt. I have two guns other then this and they both have Leupold on them.

I am currently in Philadelphia but from MD
 
I'm not big on scopes on muzzleloaders but I hunt in rough terrain in SW Ohio not in the West shooting across the plains or from far off ridge to ridge. I just don't get many 150 yard shots to justify a scope. I've seen beautiful deer out of range of my iron sights but that's why they call it hunting and not killing. Of course I'm an analog guy in a digital world.
 
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Hey :
First things first, Pancho you know if you could see that far you could hit that far, :)
That is my problem and I aint that OLD yet. I'll probably get yelled at again about this but here goes. Let me set things straight first by saying I do not care for Bushnell Products, Never have, I have always felt they were cheap.
But! Bushnell purchased Baush and Lomb. The 3200 Elite 3x9 is what I am using on my Encore. Rear focus, good turrets and they have their new Rain guard on the lenes. This crap works very well. I sat in the rain and was scoping a deer in very thick cover for more then 30 minutes this year an dthat scope never fogged on the outside of the glass. Water was running off the glass and I could still see clearly. The only thing I will change is I will go to a higher Power scope next year. I wack other things with my BP gun too.
Woodchucks, ottes , ect. so for me the higher magnification will help.
Luepold make very nice scopes. I have had and have many. Stay away from their friction turrets, they will frustrate you to no end. You have an excelent rifle and it deserves a good scope. The 3200s and the 4200 Elites are good scopes. Even if Bushnell owns them. They say Bushnell on them now, But to the best of my knowledge they are still B&L scopes. Bushnell now owns 16plus other companies. The problem with any BDC scope is that you must match your load to their specs and I do not play that game.
If you get real serious about BDC, you can test your gun and send your scope to TK lee dot co. (hope I got the name right) They will put any size dot any where you want it. Now you have a custom tuned deal.
I tune and test center fire rifles for accuracy and long distance shooting. I have found that some of the BDC scopes are so far off it is not worth having on the gun. Once the dots are in the correct place you now have precise bullet placement. I may have said that I am an Accuracy nut. Maybe I take this too far sometimes. Have fun.... I think this is their web site http://scopedots.com
 
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