ORIGINAL: duckdog132
im going to the range tomorrow morning at 8 am and season starts the next day so i need to know tonight if this load combo will work on deer or if i should get something else. just to let you know this is my first season with a m/l, so im a newby.please tell me your thought and if there is something better and why. any info is appreciated!!!
im shooting a cva optima elite 50 cal
winchester primers
245gr hollow point powerbelts
2 50gr sticks of jim shockys powder
shots will be anywhere from 40 yards to 150.
also cinsidering these ranges how should it be sited in?(dead on at 100? 2 inches high at 50? etc)
is there anything wrong with this load anything i should change etc.
again any info is appreciated.
thank jeff
You're going to get lots of opinion on the powerbelts. Some people like them, and others hate them. Because your shooting an Optima the load should work, but I would get my hands on some 250 grain Shockwaves and see how they shoot. I just think they would be a better long range bullet then the powerbelt.
How is should be sighted in would depend on what you felt the most common distance you might have to shoot. Otherwise set for the medium range of 100 yards and sight it dead on. Then you need to learn the drop of the different projectiles. Most of the time I found that when I sighted in for long distance shots, the deer about walked up to me.. That was my luck.