Shooting Good

[jh45gun]

Well I took my 54 cal ball shooter out today to sight it in for muzzle loading season. Made some changes. Put a different rear sight on it (Open)  and modified my front sight with a fiber optic stem on it. Do not know about longer distances but that red fiber optic up front with a regular open sight in back allowed me to shoot the open sights pretty well. Barrel is a Green Mountain 1 in 72 Twist 32 inches long. 80 grains of FFF Goex and a .010 patch with a 535 round ball put them dead center of the bullseye one ragged hole shot after shot. I would say it is ready for deer season. I only take close shots so a 25 yard zero should work fine for me. I doubt if I would shoot over 50. Gonna take out the fast twist 1 in 28 under hammer tomorrow that has an other Green Mountain Barrel.

[simonkenton]

Good shooting!
If you are SURE you will never take a shot over 50, you are fine.
But, if you think you might take that 70 yard shot, you need to practice at that range.

[jh45gun]

Most all my shots I have taken with with a rifle or pistol in the past have been at close ranges. I hunt mostlly heavy wooded areas. I have not shot one with a muzzle loader yet maybe this year. I have passed on shots I felt were too far since I do not use a scope on my muzzle loaders they are either peep sights or open sights or in some cases a red dot and to me a red dot is a short range sight too.

[Slamfire]

I take my first shots at 12 1/2 yards, a zero at that range will put me at zero again at 75 or 80 yards and not more'n 2" high at midrange, about 60 yards. Then at 100 it'll be 2 or 2 1/2" low. I can't call my shots on a nice buck any closer'n that. 

[jh45gun]

Thanks Slamfire for the trajectory info.