Originally Posted by
OzarkPA
Hey folks - my first day shooting a muzzleloader and I found out a couple of things - my palm hurts
and the loading rod on my new T/C Impact 'bites' into the heads of the barnes t-ez I was shooting.
Anyways - shooting 85grains bh209 and barnes 290 t-ez and t/c sure shot 230. The 230gr sure shots were hitting 3" higher at 70 yards than the 295 grain barnes. Understanding these are totally different bullets, but weight is weight, it looks like my bullets are past the 'top of the arc' of their travel - is that ok for 70yrds or should I up my charge? I'm trying to get a 70-125 yard range for deer, thanks!
Firts off get yourself a short starter, this will help you avoid the sore palm. There's different loading jags for the end of your Ram Rod that are for each different type of Bullet, there's ones for Hollow Points, Polymer Tiped ect, Im not sure wich one came with your Impact, but you should not damage the Bullet when loading your MLer.
Weight has nothing to do with the trajectory of the Bullet, never assume just because they weigh the same that they will impact in the same place.
a easy way to sight in is sight in around 1" high at 50yds, this should do it. Just hold dead center Lungs and you should be in the money anywhere from 0-125yds. But always check to see where your Bullet hits at the different yardages, this is just a starting point. Im not farmiliar with BH, I dont use it, someone else can answer this on how much is enough powder. But if your only shooting out to 125yds Im sure 85gr's would be enough.
Good Luck
(BP)