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RE: 100 grains vs. 150 grains

If you have only practiced to 100 yards only shoot to 100!!! There is no magic recipe for shooting....I shoot mine out to 225, that dont even mean i would shoot it that far...I shoot 110 grains of loose T7in my 45 Disc elite shoot it regularly from 25 - 225 yards. My maximum hunting range is 200 yards.Hunt some cover in Ohio and you will be fine!!

RE: 100 grains vs. 150 grains

With APP powder your velocity will probably fall in the 1500 to 1600 fps range depending on the bullet. With a 250 to 300 grain bullet you should sight in between 2.5 and 3 inches high at 100 yards to have a point blank rangeto about 150 yards, maybe a bit further. Please verify on the range and shoot at variousdistances to get a feel for the trajectory and your comfort level before you shoot at game over what your use to. Good luck on your hunt.

RE: 100 grains vs. 150 grains

Sorry but I stand by my original statement 3 or 4 days isn't long enough. Onereason I say this is you seem to be wanting more then a 150 yards (as youstate 150+yards). Now if your meaning you'd like to add 50 yards to your comfort zone that is possible as the trajectory changes from 100 to 150 are not nearly as stark as they are from 150 to 200. 150 is a realistic goal for most shooters, 200 is doable but requires more practice then 72 allows...IMHO.

Good luck

RE: 100 grains vs. 150 grains

I stumbled on a site that I thought was pretty neet and very infomative. This site should answer all our questions, or at least get us started in the right direction. The site is "BigGameinfo". When you get there hit on "ballistics calculator." Plug in the information that you have knowledge of on your bullet and the calculator will do the rest. The more you use the chart and play with the information that you are supplying, you can start to realize your bullet height at certain yardages and what you need to be sited in at to achieve your optimal "max point blank range." Of course ther is no substitue for range time.

RE: 100 grains vs. 150 grains

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ORIGINAL: wholelottagobble

Maybe I should have been more specific. I have probably taken 5 deer with a muzzleloader all 100 yds or less, and maybe 25 with a rifle, so i am experienced in regards to shooting a scoped firearm. I am a good shot. However, I am not experienced when it comes to powder grainage and loads and that part ofmuzzleloading. I am not just going to load up mykodiak and go to the woods. I leave Thursday and havefrom now until then to find something that worksout to 150+ yds. Thank you all for your help and I'll let you knowwhat I find is working in my gun...from what ya'll have said, 100 grains should be plenty for what i need.

That is correct, 100g is plenty. If you switch to loose instead of APP sticks, that can help your accuracy also by "working up a load" for a given bullet. Most guns have a sweet point where they give the best accuracy for a given weight of bullet, that may be 90g for your gun with your bullet. I would not experiment this year because 2 days is too close, but after the season. Get some loose APP 3F and start experimenting what shoots best in your rfile. Read the manual, they usually tell you accurate loads and projectiles for your gun. I used the "book loads" in my new Savage 10ML to sight it in, once I was comfortable with shooting he gun, and getting good accuracy with book loads I started switching bullets and sabots. You gotta tune these rifles for best accuracy.
Chap Gleason