Scopes for 2021 WA Muzzleloader season?

[Bob33]

I bet this goes fast.
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https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,257290.msg3491302.html#msg3491302

[full choke]

I bet this goes fast.
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https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,257290.msg3491302.html#msg3491302

Only if you have zero faith in our WDFW and their ability to do the right thing...

You are correct- it will go fast.

[heavyhorned]

ok so i will throw my thoughts in on this. i have hunted off and on with a .50 inline muzzle loader with true glow peep sites. i turn 49 in a week and yes i wear glasses. i am very far sighted. i have a hard time focusing on thing close up so i went to peep sites to help. i have never taken a elk or deer more than 125 yrds with my muzzle loader till this year. i took a shot at 201 yrds. i had a late season any buck tag and there was 8 in of crusty snow. no way was i able to get closer. all i could think about when i leveled the gun on the buck was will it even make it there? will it even have the velocity to make a clean kill? i use 250g with 90 grains of powder. i guess my thinking is even if i put a 1x scope on my muzzle loader will it really make it shoot further? i know after i have shot three times i can not hit a pick up at 50yrds till i run a rod down and a cleaner patch. then i am good for three more shots. will the 1x make my muzzle loader able to fire 6 times before cleaning it again to hit the target? i dont think so. i dont think it will make me or my muzzle loader feel like a snipper checking the wind for drift and the curvature of the earth for gravitational drop. all i see it helping is me being able to actually focuse on the animal for a clean kill and thats what counts.

[pd]

ok so i will throw my thoughts in on this. i have hunted off and on with a .50 inline muzzle loader with true glow peep sites. i turn 49 in a week and yes i wear glasses. i am very far sighted. i have a hard time focusing on thing close up so i went to peep sites to help. i have never taken a elk or deer more than 125 yrds with my muzzle loader till this year. i took a shot at 201 yrds. i had a late season any buck tag and there was 8 in of crusty snow. no way was i able to get closer. all i could think about when i leveled the gun on the buck was will it even make it there? will it even have the velocity to make a clean kill? i use 250g with 90 grains of powder. i guess my thinking is even if i put a 1x scope on my muzzle loader will it really make it shoot further? i know after i have shot three times i can not hit a pick up at 50yrds till i run a rod down and a cleaner patch. then i am good for three more shots. will the 1x make my muzzle loader able to fire 6 times before cleaning it again to hit the target? i dont think so. i dont think it will make me or my muzzle loader feel like a snipper checking the wind for drift and the curvature of the earth for gravitational drop. all i see it helping is me being able to actually focuse on the animal for a clean kill and thats what counts.

Well stated.  This has been my point during the whole debate.

[metlhead]

If that is the case, then use a scoped rifle. Zero lock time will make the clean kill even more likely.

[metlhead]

Oh, forgot to mention. Extra rounds for quick backup shots, in case the first just wasn't perfect.

[Tenkara]

If that is the case, then use a scoped rifle. Zero lock time will make the clean kill even more likely.

Huh? What does that have to do with a muzzleloader.

[full choke]

If that is the case, then use a scoped rifle. Zero lock time will make the clean kill even more likely.

Huh? What does that have to do with a muzzleloader.

Ar you referring to a scope?

[metlhead]

Just sayin, if clean ethical kills are the justification for scopes, then why stop at a muzzleloader. We should just use repeating rifles. What is the point of a muzzleloader season any more?

[Dan-o]

Some of us grew up muzzleloading.

I believe I've hunted muzzy season for 42 straight years.

I just like muzzleloading.

But my eyes are fading.  They simply can't focus near and far anymore.

A 1X scope would let me hunt muzzy season a little longer.

Simple as that for me.

[Jonathan_S]

Some of us grew up muzzleloading.

I believe I've hunted muzzy season for 42 straight years.

I just like muzzleloading.

But my eyes are fading.  They simply can't focus near and far anymore.

A 1X scope would let me hunt muzzy season a little longer.

Simple as that for me.

muzzleloaders are sure fun to shoot stuff with. Keep in mind if you don't get your way, you could always hunt with it scoped in the modern rifle season.

[Ghost Hunter]

Dug back in the corner and pulled out a 10/22 I don't use much but have had for over 40 years.  A scarred up 1" tube single power scope in Weaver mounts sits on it.  My memory says it's a Weaver scope.  Can't find magnification, but very little if any.  Might be on to something.

[carpsniperg2]

Gh that could be a weaver k-1 they made a 1x. They were very popular and a few places restore them and still sell them.

[pd]

Gh that could be a weaver k-1 they made a 1x. They were very popular and a few places restore them and still sell them.

There's one right now on eBay.
"VGS Refurbished Weaver Scope. K1 Riflescope, Vintage Mint."

Comes in a wooden box.  Only $299.   

[carpsniperg2]

They are kinda a collector item and believe it or not thats about right on them.