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Old 08-11-2004, 10:00 AM
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UncleNorby
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Default RE: Boresighting a muzzleloader??

The higher your front sight, the lower you'll shoot. Start with a high front sight and file to bring POI up.

It would be best to settle on a bullet and charge that meets your accuracy and trajectory requirements before fine tuning the front sight too much. Don't worry about "sighting-in", only group size in working up a load.

After that you can alos vary POI by changing the charge, but that is dicey, and of course for hunting you'd have to know the range of the shot ahead of time. Doesn't usually happen that way.

Then it comes down to good old KY windage and holdover/under.
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