ORIGINAL: lukehunter81
im new to muzzleloaders ive only hunted with shotguns until this year i used a buddys muzzleloader this year so i could extend my season, usually after shotgun season was out i was done for the year but tried it out and loved it, nothing like dropping a buck 150 yards out rather than waitin for it to come in closer and it never happens, anyway i went out and purchased a knight and a scope for it and im going to sight it in, i was up at wal-mart and noticed the had a laser device that is inserted into the end of the barrell it says it will work for .22 cal up to.50 cal being how my muzzleloader is a 50 cal will this thing work?, and if it will is it worth even using? will it sight it in without shooting?
Will the laser bore sighter work? Sure it will. Is it worth it? I don't think so. Can you sight it in without shooting the rifle? Absolutly not. All the bore sighter will do is put you on paper at 25 yards. While they are handy, they are not something you use a lot. And never think that because you bore sighted your rifle that the scope is dead on anything. You have to shoot the rifle and develope the load.
Put your rifle in a cardboard box with a V cut on the two opposite ends. Remove the breech plug and sight through the bore of the rifle at a spot on a door or a door knob about 13 yards away in the house. Without moving the rifle, now adjust the scope to that same spot. That normally will put you on paper at 13 yards where I start my sight in process. Normally you would be on paper at 25 yards as well.
At 13 yards shoot your load. Follow all the loading procedures. You should cut a hole in the paper. Adjust the POI to the bulls eye. Now move back to 25 yards and try the rifle there. It should be just over the top of the bull. Keep working distances until you know the rifle, the load, and the drop of the bullet. Adjust your scope at the distance you want to shoot the scope dead on at.
That is a good rifle you got. It should tune in real fast.