A friend of mine shoots a Traditions Kentucky long rifle with a 1-66 twist. He built it from a kit. It was the very first muzzleloader he ever owned. He normally shots 90 grain of Pyrodex RS and a pillow tick moose milk patched ball. His rifle is amazingly accurate. He has fixed sights, and at 100 yards it shoots one + inch to the right or left, I forget. But he refuses to adjust the sight as he is worried it will not be accurate anymore. So he adjusts for that one + inch when he shoots.
I watched him knock a fat doe flat at 102 yards with his open sighted rifle. I mean.. BOOM and plop. It was a high shoulder shot, so when we got up there she was still a little alive (his next shot to the head fixed that) but even he was amazed. He said he aimed a little high because he was worried about the distance. So he aimed high shoulder. I then told him the deer was down hill, so he should have aimed dead on or even a little low. But anyway, that is a great rifle you have. I am sure the accuracy will only get better the more you shoot it. His did.
My friend also found that is shoots Goex 3f really good. But even with all the talking I did, he's convinced that Goex is the dirty devil of the powder world and so he shoots Pyrodex. I should point out.. he hunts with it once a year, shoots his deer, cleans it, then puts it away. He's not a nut like me that needs to shoot all the time.
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