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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: SkookumHntr on July 29, 2011, 01:52:31 PM

Title: What Yardage do you guys sight your Muzzleloaders dead on at?
Post by: SkookumHntr on July 29, 2011, 01:52:31 PM: My BigHorn is around 2 inches high at 100yds but I think im going to sight in dead on at 75 yards! What do you guys sight dead on at??
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on July 29, 2011, 02:23:11 PM: Mine are about 1/2" high at 100 yards. I Think they are dead on at about 75y, been awhile since I shot them at less then 100y on paper.
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Post by: teanawayslayer on July 29, 2011, 05:51:20 PM: 4" high at 100= Death.
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Post by: SkookumHntr on July 29, 2011, 06:46:54 PM: -Thats about where mine is at! This year my thought tho was that im going to be hunting mainly timber and more then likely a 75 yard max shot so i was thinking going dead on at 75! Just wondering if anybody else has there zero at that short of yardage :dunno:
Title: Re: What Yardage do you guys sight your Muzzleloaders dead on at?
Post by: JimmyHoffa on July 29, 2011, 06:52:21 PM: I sight in at 50 yds, but I use traditional .54 cal muzzy and hunt in rainforest jungle. Also, use heavy lead bullets. The guys I know that use the moderns w/sabots in more open areas would sight in for 125 yds and practice out to 200 yds on milk jugs.
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Post by: p-ohana on July 29, 2011, 08:47:38 PM: I'm sitting dead red at 100yds.
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Post by: CP on August 01, 2011, 09:50:17 AM: Dead on @ 150y

That puts it 4” high at 80y, 4” low at 175y.
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Post by: dupedc on August 01, 2011, 07:57:11 PM: 2 inches high at 100 yards
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Post by: Dirty Mike on August 01, 2011, 08:58:17 PM: i am dead on at 100, and 2 inches low at 150
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Post by: BoomWhop on August 01, 2011, 09:15:04 PM: 1-2 inches high at 100 :tup:
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Post by: marty on August 01, 2011, 09:20:21 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on August 02, 2011, 12:26:28 PM: Dead on at 200yds.
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Post by: JColony on August 02, 2011, 03:05:19 PM: Dead nuts at 100 yds. Don't see a reason to sight in any further than that as a smokepoles effective range with open sights isn't much past 150 yds (in my opinion). Plus, if I want to whack something at 200+ yards, I'll use my 7mm.
Title: Re: What Yardage do you guys sight your Muzzleloaders dead on at?
Post by: Sabotloader on August 02, 2011, 04:23:13 PM: Quote from: SkookumHntr on July 29, 2011, 01:52:31 PM
My BigHorn is around 2 inches high at 100yds but I think im going to sight in dead on at 75 yards! What do you guys sight dead on at??

I sight in at 100 yards... and check the other ranges. I also use a system called PBR (Point Blank Range). I have decided that I can live with a 6" PBR for any shot i would make. In effect that insures me the bullet will never be more than 3" above or below the point of aim.

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Small arms and maximum point blank range

Small arms are often sighted-in so that the sight line and bullet path are within a certain acceptable margin out to the longest possible range, called the maximum point blank range. The range of distance inside the maximum point blank range is greatly dependent on the external ballistics of the cartridge in question; high velocity rounds have long point blank ranges, while slow rounds have much shorter point blank ranges. Other factors in the point blank range are the target size (which determines how far above and below the line of sight the trajectory may deviate), the height of the sights, and an acceptable drop before a shot is ineffective.[3]

For myself that often translate into 1.5” high @ 100 and with that my max range POI is about 170 yards. All of this can change of course with different bullets, powder load, and powder.

Here is an example of a ballistic sheet computed with a 3” PBR. Also remember that this is with a scope, open sights will change this slightly.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv130%2Fsabotloader%2FBallistic%2520Sheets%2FLehigh458-275.jpg&hash=d8e82188ebf5d974de54686481f8a1b046b68cee)

If you like to the right side in the middle of the sheet… you can see that my dead zero range is 158 yards, and the max range is 194 yards. And in this case i would be almost 3" high @ 100
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Post by: jstone on August 02, 2011, 05:03:09 PM: great at 100. I am an avid bow hunter so i can get that close. Late archery all day between 60 and 100. So muzzy i dont think i need to worry about trying to make the range any farther
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Post by: Nilehunter on August 02, 2011, 05:55:40 PM: :yeah:
Quote from: p-ohana on July 29, 2011, 08:47:38 PM
I'm sitting dead red at 100yds.
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on August 05, 2011, 12:20:06 AM: I have mine set up very similar to sabotloaders.... I hunt open country and could be in thick timber or brush within minutes of that... So my gun is set up so my bullet doesn't go more then 2.5-3.5" above or below point of aim.... So a 1 yard shot will be the same as a 135 yard shot how I have mine set up.... I'm 2.5-3.5 low at 135 yards.... Dead on about 97 yards..... 2.5-3.5 high at about 66 yards..... I figure If I get a shot from point blank out to 130 yards or so I don't want to have to hold the sights any different on the animal and miss a shot like all the tv stars.... I hold like normal no matter what and it will be in the kill zone on any deer or elk.... And if it's a little farther then 130 yards I probably won't be able to keep a bead on the animal anyways.... :twocents: