Nowadays, I sight-in and hunt on a fouled barrel. But for years, I hunted with a clean, dry, unfiredbore. The reason I quit my unfired regiment is because of all the hassle to get the gun to print holes in bullseyes when clean& cold.

The best way to understand where that first bulet is going inside that unfired bore takes a whole lot of patience. I got that Omega firing bullsesyes on a fouled bore three years ago - but was always six inches off both diagonally and vertically when unfired& cold. So that's when I began taking two muzzleloaders to the range. It took me8-9 trips to the gun range where I only firedthe Omegaone time-- adjusting my scope orsee-thru open sights each time.... then using either the other ML I brought or another centerfire.

That was a big hassle because the gun needed to be eventually cleaned. I had the Omega shooting 'dead-nuts' both ways - only to find boredom set-in and wanting to test other bullets & powders. Now I sight-in with a fouled barrel-only. Around 60 grains of powder with three of the hottest primers I found (Federals) ... then expel the load every evening- swab -reload it the next morning.