ORIGINAL: Redneck Bowhunter
Sorry I didn't go into to much depth but I want to shoot conicals to start off with and was hoping to shoot a big bullet with a big powder charge. I was hoping at shooting at least 150 yards accurately. Is that realistic?
150 yards with open sights is a long way to shoot, as many will tell you. But it can be done. The fact you want to shoot conicals, I might suggest going to a Great Plains Hunter with a 1-32 twist. Then you can get a more conical friendly twist and with the longer barrel, some feel they are better for long range.
I will be blunt.. most people I run into have a hard enough time with open sight shooting 100 yards consistently, that 150 is someone who is a skilled shooter. If you're a skilled shooter it can be done. That is unless you're not concerned about small group sizes..
But with the desire to shoot conicals there are more .50 caliber that have conical options out there then .54 so you decide.