Shooting an 8 Inch Group @ 825 Yards with a Muzzle Loader.

[arcticap]

Idaholewis posted a video showing him firing an 8 inch group @ 825 yards using a TC Renegade fitted with a 32" GM fast twist barrel, 85 grains of Swiss 2F, and 530 grain paper patched bullets.

Here's the group:



Here's the video that can be skipped to the 3:00 mark:



And here's the thread:

https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/black-powder/423737-825-yard-45-cal-sidelock-baco-443-530e.html

 

[TheOutlawKid]

I can do a 4 inch group at 1650 yards...buuuuut i dont wanna record it, you all will just have to believe me ;-) . Thats some awesome shooting from idaholewis! Thanks for the post Mr.arcticap

 

[Fyrstyk]

I wonder how high above the target he had to hold. I used to shoot at a club in V T that had a 500 yard range. They had a full sized buffalo silhouette set up on the berm at 500 yards. If memory serves, with my .54 caliber Jaeger with 1:66 " twist and using a patched round ball over 100 grains of 2f I had to hold what appeared to be at least 6 feet over the top of the target and if the wind wasn't blowing I might hit it once out of 10 shots, That is some pretty nifty shooting by Idhao Lewis.

 

[woodnbow]

I wonder how high above the target he had to hold. I used to shoot at a club in V T that had a 500 yard range. They had a full sized buffalo silhouette set up on the berm at 500 yards. If memory serves, with my .54 caliber Jaeger with 1:66 " twist and using a patched round ball over 100 grains of 2f I had to hold what appeared to be at least 6 feet over the top of the target and if the wind wasn't blowing I might hit it once out of 10 shots, That is some pretty nifty shooting by Idhao Lewis.

Check out the vernier sight. He’s got elevation to spare so he can hold dead on the mark. His bullet probably hits its apex at least 10 feet above line of sight.