Today I was going to see how well the Knight .50 caliber Wolverine with the 3-9x40 Sightron S1 scope would shoot 300 grain Sabertooth Conicals at 100 yards. I also took along some of the rifle's favorite loads, that being a 300 grain Hornady .44 caliber .430 dia XTP and some green Harvester crushed rib sabots. I decided to shoot Graf's & Sons 2f black powder and use RWS 1075 caps.

When I was all set up to shoot, and even loaded mind you I took the lens caps off the scope, settled in behind the Sightron S1 and all I could see was a fog bank. The entire scope was fogged over. Needless to say I was not happy.

So I looked and could pick out the steel bullet traps and emptied the rifle. Then got some tools and took the Sightron S1 off. Then I remembered I had bought a new Simmons 2.5x20mm fixed power scope for my black powder shotgun. So I went and got that. Since the scope has 5.5 inches of eye relief, I figured it would work just fine.



In no time I had the new Simmons scope on and bore sighted range style. So I moved the bench all the way up to 25 yards and shot two shots. I was shooting the XTP's. They were low without a doubt. Shots 1 & 2 and a little to the left.




Made my first adjustments and shot #3. I then noticed that this scope only did 1/2 movements at 100 yards, so I gave the scope a lot of adjustment for the next shot. I then shot #4 and was surprised it had moved the POI that much, so I shot again just to be sure. #5 kind of proved it had moved that much. And I was kind of pleased with the group at this point.

I cranked it back down for #6, then a little too much again for #7. Next adjustment of #8 & 9 had me happy. So I adjusted for the wind and shot #10. That looked just about right.

Then I moved the target back to 50 yards. Believe me, when you're used to shooting 2-7 and 3-9 power, a simple 2.5 is kind of a culture shock to your eyes.

At 50 yards I shot three shots, still with the 300 grain XTP's and I was swabbing between shots. I found two of the hits, #11 & 12 but could not swear that #13 shared #12's hole. So I might have lost one there.

The without swabbing I loaded 80 grains of the same powder and a 300 grain Saber tooth conical. I shot #13and no swab, #14. They did pretty good actually for not being swabbed.

This scope is just what I suspected it would be. First off I paid $18.99 for it. Not big money. Since it was for a shotgun I knew it would have eye relief and should be able to stand some recoil. So far, it does. This is not the clearest scope in the world, but for the money, what do you expect. Its a lot more clear then trying to look through the fog bank on the Sightron S1.

So I have a new scope. Its fun to shoot, and for a short range weapon should do real well. And I will get to see how well Sightron's customer service is soon...