Same with a scope but open sights for close in hunting (timber) I sight in dead on at 50 yards which is the max distance for a shot in my woods.
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Sighted in my new optima today I have it slightly high at 50 yards then at 100 I’m center . What do you guys zero your smoke poles ?
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75% plus shoot at 1 known distance then guess with the rest cause that’s what the box, the book or the internet says rather than actually shooting
If im using scope im dead on at 75
Okay thanks.
I feel pretty good about this weapon . Love the breech plug on the cva optima .
I feel pretty good about this weapon . Love the breech plug on the cva optima .
Shoulda sprung for the Accura. I've got the Leupold Ultimate Slam ML scope with Firedot reticle. It has a circle around the crosshairs and when sighted in at 100yds, where the circle intersects the vertical crosshair at the top is 50yds, at the bottom is 150yds, and then it has two more marks below that for 200 and 250. It can be tuned out to 300yds if your feeling frisky. I shoot a .45 with 150gr of powder, so it's a little flatter than the 50cal the scope is designed around. I've headshot deer at 150yds with this combo.Okay thanks.
I feel pretty good about this weapon . Love the breech plug on the cva optima .
Who's target?????Same with a scope but open sights for close in hunting (timber) I sight in dead on at 50 yards which is the max distance for a shot in my woods.
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Funny how some fall for those types of scope and depend on those little circles to be right on. Each muzzle loader shoots different than the next especially at farther yardages. Only way to know is to test fire your ML at those set yardages and make note of just where it really does hit on the target.Shoulda sprung for the Accura. I've got the Leupold Ultimate Slam ML scope with Firedot reticle. It has a circle around the crosshairs and when sighted in at 100yds, where the circle intersects the vertical crosshair at the top is 50yds, at the bottom is 150yds, and then it has two more marks below that for 200 and 250. It can be tuned out to 300yds if your feeling frisky. I shoot a .45 with 150gr of powder, so it's a little flatter than the 50cal the scope is designed around. I've headshot deer at 150yds with this combo.
I sight on dead on at 100.
It doesn't really have circles. That's a Nikon. It's based off the most popular muzzleloader loads for inlines. 250gr SST with 2 or 3 pellets. Also calibrated for shotguns and slugs. There are marks on the power ring for 2 pellets, 3 pellets, and a shotgun shell symbol for shotguns. Accurate within 1 MOA. Nikons are within about a foot. But like I mentioned, I shoot a 45 and it's calibrated for a 50, so yes, I had to shoot and verify. But inside 175yds it's pretty much dead on within an inch.Funny how some fall for those types of scope and depend on those little circles to be right on. Each muzzle loader shoots different than the next especially at farther yardages. Only way to know is to test fire your ML at those set yardages and make note of just where it really does hit on the target.
Correct....that's what Mr. Wakeman says in his report. Shoot to verify those marks.It doesn't really have circles. That's a Nikon. It's based off the most popular muzzleloader loads for inlines. 250gr SST with 2 or 3 pellets. Also calibrated for shotguns and slugs. There are marks on the power ring for 2 pellets, 3 pellets, and a shotgun shell symbol for shotguns. Accurate within 1 MOA. Nikons are within about a foot. But like I mentioned, I shoot a 45 and it's calibrated for a 50, so yes, I had to shoot and verify. But inside 175yds it's pretty much dead on within an inch.
It aint called kentucky windage for nothin!!!!75% plus shoot at 1 known distance then guess with the rest cause that's what the box, the book or the internet says rather than actually shooting
Wal Mart dialed it in when I bought it. :wave1:
I Google the unknown distance too to cut down on barrel wear from cleaning. Then I googled up some extraordinary tracking skills and the number for a tracking dog.75% plus shoot at 1 known distance then guess with the rest cause that's what the box, the book or the internet says rather than actually shooting
Not knocking you for posting it, but that's not exactly something I can put much faith in. Anyone who recommends a Simmons Aetec has no idea what they're talking about. I got a virtually new one on an AR10 I traded for, and it literally fell apart before I ever had a chance to use it. Called up Bushnell and they couldn't even track the serial number and offered nothing to make it right. Sure, there's no need for a $2K scope on a hunting rifle, but it's pretty well established that budget scopes are not for a serious hunter or anyone who wants something to last.
Thats what I do and I know what mine will do at 150 also. Thats as far as I care or need to shoot with a MLI sight on dead on at 100.
I can't tell you how many times I've had big bucks at 160 with a muzzleloader in my hands wishing I had a crossbow.Thats what I do and I know what mine will do at 150 also. Thats as far as I care or need to shoot with a ML
Since your Simmons Aetec was used there's no telling how it was treated by the original owner. I have a Simmons that is an older model that shoots just as good as any of my Leupolds. BUT I bought a Simmons hand gun scope that I mounted on a Ruger 44 Mag that I just couldn't get sighted in at all. Sent it back and found out that the factory had the crosshairs mounted inside backwards. I have no idea as to how that was even done but the new one they sent back worked just fine....I bought the original one from Walmart.Not knocking you for posting it, but that's not exactly something I can put much faith in. Anyone who recommends a Simmons Aetec has no idea what they're talking about. I got a virtually new one on an AR10 I traded for, and it literally fell apart before I ever had a chance to use it. Called up Bushnell and they couldn't even track the serial number and offered nothing to make it right. Sure, there's no need for a $2K scope on a hunting rifle, but it's pretty well established that budget scopes are not for a serious hunter or anyone who wants something to last.
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