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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: gotcha on August 23, 2016, 07:23:44 PM

Title: Group size.
Post by: gotcha on August 23, 2016, 07:23:44 PM: What is a honest good group for a muzzle loader at 50 yards and 100 yards. I'm a perfectionist but my groups are between a baseball and softball size. little bigger at a 100 yards. Any opinions.
Title: Re: Group size.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on August 23, 2016, 07:32:56 PM: assuming off a bench, baseball sized off hand would be pretty good.
I always thought about two inches or so at 50 was pretty good, that with a sidelock.
Title: Re: Group size.
Post by: gotcha on August 23, 2016, 07:39:30 PM: Yes off a bench. Open sights make it fun. Lol
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Post by: WoolyRunner on August 23, 2016, 07:41:49 PM: Im happy with a baseball size group off a bench.
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Post by: cougforester on August 23, 2016, 07:47:12 PM: Get em on a dinner plate at 100 and you're in business.
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Post by: Goex2Fwithroundball on August 23, 2016, 09:19:02 PM: Quote from: cougforester on August 23, 2016, 07:47:12 PM
Get em on a dinner plate at 100 and you're in business.

Exactly! When I started shooting muzzleloaders back in the day. Hitting a paper plate at 100 yards was considered excellent.
Title: Re: Group size.
Post by: Dan-o on August 23, 2016, 09:49:37 PM: Your muzzleloader should be capable of less than 2" groups at 50 yards for sure.

What kind of rifle and load?

Personally, I like a really tight group..... It gives me confidence when hunting.
Title: Re: Group size.
Post by: bobcat on August 23, 2016, 10:04:55 PM: 50 yards, I usually can see well enough to get a 2 inch group with no problem. But at 100, I've never been able to shoot consistently, due to the open sights. If I get a 4 inch group with 3 shots, I consider that excellent. And I could live with a 6 inch group at 100.
Title: Re: Group size.
Post by: cougforester on August 23, 2016, 10:16:57 PM: Quote from: bobcat on August 23, 2016, 10:04:55 PM
50 yards, I usually can see well enough to get a 2 inch group with no problem. But at 100, I've never been able to shoot consistently, due to the open sights. If I get a 4 inch group with 3 shots, I consider that excellent. And I could live with a 6 inch group at 100.

Absolutely, I wonder how little variation in the open signs results in that wide of a group. Less than a 1/16th of an inch difference in aiming location would have to equate to a relatively large group at 100 for a 3 shot group
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Post by: sled on August 23, 2016, 11:21:09 PM: I shot at 100 yards Sunday with a softball size group. Cut the powder charge down to 100gr from 110 and am now shooting 1 1/2 inch groups. Blew me away how much the amount of powder effected my grouping.