ORIGINAL: wholelottagobble
I dont do much muzzleloading and where I live most shots are usually 100 yds or less. I normally shoot 100 grains of american pioneer powder and line up about an inch high at 50 yds. I leave for Ohio on Wednesday and the shots are going to be much longer and I was hoping to get to where my CVA Kodiak was shooting well out past 150 yds. Im not too experienced with a muzzleloader and was wondering if 100 grains was enough to shoot at that distance or will it require 150. For some reason, most of my hunting buddies believe that if you shoot 150 grains of powder, alot of the powder doesnt even ignite till its out of the barrel. Help me out fellas!
100g is all you need, your buddies are right. As for shooting 150 yards, about any bullet will do that fine if you sight in 3" high at 100 yards, in that way your shooting thru a 6" pipe from 0 to about 180 yards with a 300g bullet like a Nosler Partition. Use a strong bullet at 100g of powder.
Chap Gleason