50 yard station today off a single bag rest.

I took the White Ultra Mag out today again. The Thompson Center 1X scope on it was all set to work the 50 yard line. I started on a clean barrel. The load was 70 grains of Triple Se7en 3f powder, no wad, and a 500 grain Bullshop conical. I did swab one time during this shooting because I could feel a crud ring forming in the breech. Not something serious, but I wanted to keep the testing fair.



The left hand side of the picture shows where the first shot hit. As usual, on a clean barrel the rifle shoots low. Which is one reason I fowl the barrel before hunting. The RED ARROW indicated a hole from yesterdays shooting so I could not claim that one. I held dead on the center red bull and shot a five shot group. I was not surprised that the bullets hit where they did. After all the rifle is supposed to be sighted in at 70 yards, so we have not started coming down with the rainbow trajectory of the conicals yet.

I then used the very bottom of the RED BULL as my aim point and shot another five shot group. As you can see, I had one flier out of the five shot group. Other then that they were in the bull. I was happy. The other four were right where the first shot hit the bull basically. I was pleased with the four shot's tightness. I only wish I had not had that flier, or it would have been a most impressive group overall.

So to prove that this was not a fluke...



I then shot a number of conicals holding on the bottom of the BULL and shot the following group with swabbing now. Now I labeled it as a ten shot but I might be more inclined to believe, counting the original five holes, it was a twelve shot group, counting the number of missing Bullshop conicals in the box. But I was not about to complain with a group like that at 50 yards even if I called it 10.

The 1X scope does provide an excellent aim point. But it really does not make seeing into the dark bullet trap any easier. It will make the Wisconsin Muzzleloader season interesting though. I am looking forward to seeing what it will do at the longer ranges.