Skeeter, Thanks again for the info. I feel better now. You, like me, know our limitaions and are we are ethical sportsmen. I got all of my stats from ultimates website www.ultimatefirearms.com, clicking on the ballistics chart once you get there. I believe their stats, showing 1467.6 ft lbs @300 yards with only a 275 gr. bullet. Sighted at a zero of 200 yards, they show a -14.6" drop at 300 yds. I shoot +3.75 at 100 Yds, dead nuts at 200 with the heavier 300 hornady. This is all I know to be true, but it seems to hold closeto their charts, so I tend to believe them. But I agree with you, most advertising hype is pretty much garbage.
For anyone interested, go to their website, go down to "Put Em in a Pile at a Quarter Mile", then click on"The Ultimate Precision Muzzleloader" published in Precision Shooting Magazine. I think you accuracy guys would enjoy that article. I'm just a very serious hunter. I don"t even type very accurately! Wish I had a place to shoot long distances too. I could shoot at my farm, but I don't want to chance chasing the wildlife out. Anyway, thanks for being tolerant. Now can I go shoot a coyote? !!!!!