Can one shot be a group?
04-15-2011 | 01:35 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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If it's a rifle I've used through the years and I know what powder and what bullet/sabot combo it liked then, yes...
If I didn't know how well it grouped that particular bullet/sabot combo then, no, I would confirm with a couple (or in my case 4-5) more shots...
If I didn't know how well it grouped that particular bullet/sabot combo then, no, I would confirm with a couple (or in my case 4-5) more shots...
04-15-2011 | 02:01 PM
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Fork Horn
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NC is right... thats the only fly in the ointment, the gun is new. However, It's a Knight Disc Elite that I have looked over with an extreme case of OCD and it's perfect. The shot was also squeezed off perfectly as stated above and the scope adjustment was spot on... that in it's self tells you that your gun is shooting pretty darn close to MOA. You all bring up good points and this was, as I said, a little tongue-in-cheek to begin with,,, but I will get back to the range soon to prove or disprove my theroy that an eperienced muzzleloadist with good equipment and components can do just what i did today and be just fine on, as Tom said, 150 yards and in hunting shots. I say yes!
04-15-2011 | 02:45 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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It was today... A couple of months ago I found a NIB Disc Elite .50 that i just haven't had time to get to the range with untill today. I shot two shots at fifty to get the scope close then went to 100. I fired one shot that was three inches high and three inches to the left,,, made the scope adjustment and squeezed off a perfect shot, which is the target you see. At that point I thought, you know I could waste 200 more grains of BH and two more 300 grain Noslers for a pretty three shot group, but I think I'll just save those for one of my hog stands. Don't get me wrong, I love to shoot and I love pretty groups, but sometimes I feel like I'm tring to reinvent the wheel when my gun is shooting good and I keep on tinkering... I say just go kill something... anyway that's your words of wisdom for today!
04-15-2011 | 02:52 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: South Carolina
pluckit,
That was 100 grains of BH, 300 grain Barnes Expander MZ in a HPH 24, and a CCI 209m primer.
Also the load for the Elite today was 100 grains of BH, 300 grain .451 Nosler Partition PP in a Harvester Short Black, and a CCI 209m.
That was 100 grains of BH, 300 grain Barnes Expander MZ in a HPH 24, and a CCI 209m primer.
Also the load for the Elite today was 100 grains of BH, 300 grain .451 Nosler Partition PP in a Harvester Short Black, and a CCI 209m.
04-15-2011 | 04:58 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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I have no doubt your confidence in the gun & load is well founded Flint Head.
But I couldn't do that. Not that I doubt the gun at all. It's just that shots are like potato chips. I can't take just one.
But I couldn't do that. Not that I doubt the gun at all. It's just that shots are like potato chips. I can't take just one.