"I target shoot and hunt with a clean bore, always have"

So do i. The first shot from a muzzleloaderis the only one that counts.

mine doesn't hit much different,it hits right on at about 75 yards.....gun is sighted to be around 1 1/2 high at that range on dirty barrel.....i just let it rip

With my Pro-Hunter it will shoot in the same hole using APP Shockey's Gold on a clen bore and with one shot in the bore... after that it starts to vary.

I hunt on a clean barrel. Before I load to go out I take a patch with rubbing alcohol and clean the oil out and follow by 2 dry patches. Barnes Expander MZ and 100 grains of Pyrodex pellets. Target is a 6 inch shoot-n-see at 100 yards. 1,2,and 3 were in there and 4,5,and 6 started to open up. I didn't do anything between shots except load back up. Hits about 3 inches high at 50 yards. This target was shot this past summer.