ORIGINAL: bigcountry
About every muzzleloader I have had and thats been 4 have changed POI at 100yards and 150yards after taking out of the stocks and cleaning them. Does anyone else see this. I have a T/C hawken, Knight disc elite, knight wolverine, and traditions sidelock. I can't seem to keep them assembled (in stock) and get a good cleaning. The POI change is only like 2"-3", but its more than I want.
Never experienced that...I shoot a .45, .50, or .54cal TC Hawken flintlock at the range almost every Saturday year round, pull the barrels for cleaning every time, accuracy never changes.
Sights are fixed on the barrel in relationship to the bore.
Doesn't matter if the barrel lays in it's bed .010" off from where it was last week...sights are still in the same place on the barrel with respect to the bore.
And big, thick strong barrels like TC's don't "bend" if there's an ounce difference in pressure on one side compared to the previous week.
Same principle on Remington's cantilever scoped rifled slug barrel for the 1187...take the barrel off for cleaning...scope is still attached to the barrel...put it back on and POI stays the same