Cayugad provided a wealth of info that I can't improve on. Where I can add is what to shoot. I have the same ML and I use 85 gr. of pyrodex and make my own projectiles. I use a Lee mold with soft pipe lead to cast 300 gr. minni's. I also use the same projectiles out of my Traditions Deerhunter. They have worked great for years and I have taken many deer with them. I was just out shooting on Sunday and had 3 in. groups at 75 yards. I was really excited with one set of 3 where the group was only 1 in. with 2 of the holes overlapping. That doesn't happen all the time so it was cool to see. I have a 4x scope on the ML and my zero is 75 yards. I have taken deer farther but the vast majority of the deer taken with my ML has been within the 75 yards.