Phil,

Yes, I believe understood what you were saying. I don't know what is happening with the barrel being extra fouled about 1/2 way down. In the 4 years I have been doing ML, I have not encountered that problem. This also could have been throwing off your shot. At least you are hitting the target with your loads. Next is figure out why the deviation on the 100 yards and clean that up and your ready for deer hunting. I haven't shot my ML's since January, when I got my last doe but I usually will do some shooting before September and resight the inline and flint for 100 yards. Also, I am shooting my bow this year so I'm doing that fairly frequently now. That season starts in October before the early ML, so I want to be ready.

Most ML shots are under 100 yards anyway, but I feel if you only sight in at 50, you will have an issue if you see one and it's at 70 or more yards. Also, I have heard that if you are hitting at 25 yards, at 100 yards you will also be on. The bullet travels in a bell shape curve, and if you sight in at 50, you will be a few inches down at 100, 6 inches could be correct. Something else to consider. If you sight in at 100, at 50 you should be hitting the target a little high, maybe an inch or slightly more, which is normal.

Tom