Daver
PMA Member
I am planning on having my 11 year old, relatively small framed, son go for his first deer during the upcoming early muzzleloader season. I am concerned though that he will get "planted" shooting what for me is a normal 90gr charge with a 250gr Barnes Red Hot bullet.
Does anyone have any experience/advice as to the effect of "choking down" the grains of powder to allow a smaller person to successfully shoot the ol' smokepole?
I was thinking I could go with 50gr of powder and limit the shot distance to 30 yards or so. It is .50 cal Knight and I intend to hunt him out of a groundblind and supply shooting sticks to steady the aim and relieve the weight of holding the gun steady, etc. I am going to test him out this weekend, but I wanted to get some input from experienced folks first.
Advice, thoughts, ideas are welcome. Thanks.
Does anyone have any experience/advice as to the effect of "choking down" the grains of powder to allow a smaller person to successfully shoot the ol' smokepole?
I was thinking I could go with 50gr of powder and limit the shot distance to 30 yards or so. It is .50 cal Knight and I intend to hunt him out of a groundblind and supply shooting sticks to steady the aim and relieve the weight of holding the gun steady, etc. I am going to test him out this weekend, but I wanted to get some input from experienced folks first.
Advice, thoughts, ideas are welcome. Thanks.