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Old 11-14-2010 | 01:16 PM
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nchawkeye
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Nope, don't have ballistic data for them any more than the load for my flintlock...In my .54 I shoot 80grs of FFF Goex and a .530 round ball...I'm sighted 2 inches high at 50 yards and about 2 inches low at 100...

With the inline loads, I start at 80grs, go to 90 and then 100 if the gun groups...My Knight just likes 80-85grs, so does my brothers, so does the Knights a couple of buddies have...So I typically try 80, 85, 90 and settle in on the load it prefers...

With an inline, I sight in 2 1/2 inches high at 100 yards and check out to 150...They will be about 4-6 inches low at 150 which is as far as I care to shoot with a muzzleloader...

When I started shooting flintlocks back in the 70s, I tried larger powder charges and found that just increased fouling and recoil, not killing power or accuracy...
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