Had some extra time after practice today, so I arranged with a fellow forum member, LCPullman, a shooting trip @ the farm. It was his introduction to shooting a muzzleloader. I did not have any of the DISC rifles or even the new Ultra-Lite set up for Western shooting but we did not let that slow us down.
I took the 52 cal. DISC Extreme and my MK-85 and we headed to shoot. At the farm I asked about shooting a ML and found out this was going to be his first experience with a ML. He does and has shoot an 06 so the shooting experience was there.
I loaded the MK for him the first couple of time and he shot the rifle using peep sights - to get use a Western type ML. Then he loaded and capped the gun a few times and shot the rifle.
We then moved to the KDEx. He decided he wanted to shoot paper first just to see where he might be hitting. His first 3 shots were taken using a 45-70 rifle bullet from Lehigh. His group really was not hat bad for the first time handling that rifle and shooting a ML. The next three shots were 300 grain Bloodlines and he really put a decent group together.
I think the target and the dusting of clay pigeons was enough to get the hook set - we might have another ML shooter among us.
It was a good day!
