RE: New and looking for loads for my Optima?
What you might want to do is mount a quick release rings with a high power scope ... something like a 2-7x32mm Nikon Pro Staff and use that during the modern season in your shotgun only area.Then get a second set of quick release rings and mount a1x scope for the muzzleloader season. Then all you do is switch out the scopes. All my Whites, Genesis, and a Renegade is set up that way. So I can shoot the long distance stuff if I have to, and during muzzleloader season I move back to a 1x scope. I mounted a Traditions 1x32mm $50.00 and it has been shooting real well. I have not shot it enough to break it yet, but I am trying.