hey guys is there anyone on here that shoots a muzzleloader? i just got back into it this year thanks to a member of this site who cut me a sweet deal on a sweet gun. and man so far it will print a very impressive group. right now my load is 80gr. mesured of blackhorn 209 under a 300gr. xtp. shootin under a inch to 1 1/2 inch . so any on here or just me? i'm goin black powder only this year for 90% of my hunting except when i'm stopin real thick cover on the ground then i'll use my 12 but as soon as i can get the money for another muzzleloader i will get one open sites for thick cover ground poundin and leave the shotgun to bird huntin and tree rats.
muzzleloader is my favorite time of year. My big buck this past season was with my ML
what are you shooting and whats your loads? i love readin about this stuff i just cant get enough, i wish i had stayed in it years ago. the one i'm shooting now is a traditions pursuist lt. 50/209 scoped. have you ever been on modern muzzleloader web site ?
I bought muzzleloaders for my son and I just over 2 years ago, and used them that season, but didn't get anything. Didn't get a chance to go last year, sure do hope I can hit the woods this year. Usually around the end of August I make a couple trips to the range to get sighted in.
I bought some inexpensive, but good shooting guns - Traditions Thunderbolt .50 cal, shooting Hornady 45-240 XTP/Mag sabots with 2 50 grain Pyrodex pellets (100 grains total). I also like the Winchester 209 primers. I don't remember the groups we shot, but with open sights both my son and I could hit the kill zone from 100 yards.
