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muddy

muddy

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So I went out and shot my muzzleloader tonight in preparation for a trip to Illinois this weekend. At 110 yards I busted 3 out of 3 clay birds and put the bugger away.

Now... that being said I'm shooting 100 grains of 777 pellets and wonder where I would hit at 150 yards and then again at 200 yards. I probably would never shoot that far but I am simply curious. Any ideas? I think my bullets are pretty average sabots, around 240 grains.
 
Holy crap that's a lot of variables. I'm sure I did it wrong but it said 7 inches of drop at 150 yards and 22 inches of drop at 200?
 
I don't even have access to a 150 or 200 yard range... not until AFTER deer season anyway... how long is the bottom corn field? /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif
 
Oh, that's my plan all the time, but I'm just curious as to how things would drop at longer distances.

Since I've put a scope on my gun I have not shot over 60 yards at a buck. Knock on wood.
 
Muddy, I shoot 100 grains Pyrodex with a 250 grain Hornady SST. It is sighted three inches high at 100, two to three low at 150 and about 15 inches low at 200. It really starts to drop off after 100. I have found that the top point of my bottom post on my duplex reticle is pretty much dead on at 200 if it is on 9x. So i just use that instead of holding over. And no, I have never shot at a deer that far with it. I killed a doe at 125 and that is the longest. You also have to account for wind because it REALLY affects those big heavy bullets. For me the difference from shooting straight into a steady 10mh wind and shooting straight with the wind is about 10 inches at 200 yards, I went through a lot of powder and bullets to find that out. It will still shoot a 3" group at 200, but you have to know the drop. Sounds to me like the chart is pretty close, hope this helps!
 
That explanation did help out, thanks. Good thing the stand I plan on sitting has a maximum shot distance of 60 yards or so I've been told! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

My scope has some a few windage marks on the crosshairs, maybe one day I'll play around and see how they work out at longer distances.
 
I am shooting a knight 45 disc extreme with a 195 grain powerbelt backed up by 150 grains of FFFG pistol powder. I have it sighted it in at 200 yards and it is approximately 1.5-2 inches high at 100 yards. They are definitely tack drivers.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LIV4RUT</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I am shooting a knight 45 disc extreme with a 195 grain powerbelt backed up by 150 grains of FFFG pistol powder. I have it sighted it in at 200 yards and it is approximately 1.5-2 inches high at 100 yards. They are definitely tack drivers.</div></div>

that is sick!! i gotta mess with mine more, that is amazing.
 
I shoot a T/C Omega with 115 grains of 777 and a 200 grain shock wave bullet, sighted in at 150. This puts me 1 3/4 high at 100 and 4 low at 225.

I have messed around with about every load and bullet out there, and the shock waves work the best for me. I do know that my buddy shoots a CVA (not sure what kind) and a hornady bullet shoots the best out of his. Powerbelts, in my opinion, are the most destructive bullet there is, to the target, but out of my gun, they don't hold a very good group. At 100 yards, with 110 grains of triple 7, and a 245 powerbelt, I was only shooting a 3-5 inch group, where the shockwaves hold a 1-2 inch group. It did help when I went to the 223 grain powerbelts, but not much.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LIV4RUT</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I am shooting a knight 45 disc extreme with a 195 grain powerbelt backed up by 150 grains of FFFG pistol powder. I have it sighted it in at 200 yards and it is approximately 1.5-2 inches high at 100 yards. They are definitely tack drivers. </div></div>

Mike, i have the same gun and you are correct on it being a tack driver! I'm shooting 195grain SST's and have mine set a 2in high at 100. I couldn't believe when i shot 150 yards that i was still 1" hign. Very little drop. I have not shot it 200 to see how much drop it has.
 
I am probably wrong but I thought that Knight rifles were designed to shoot with 100 grains of powder? I suppose if I added another pellet into the mix it'd take care of the bullet drop.
 
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