bowhuntr311
IowaWhitetail Addict
MN Blackpowder season opens Nov 29; which is a NO SCOPE season.
A buddy and I (and few others) are heading to SW MN Wed. night for some pheasant hunting and a couple of days of blackpowder hunting. I know most the land we'll be hunting from previous pheasant trips and if this happens like I think its going to, Im gonna need my deer rifle not this smokepole with no scope. Its 100% wide open.
So, Im not changing my bullet/powder combo again till next year.
I shoot, Powerbelt 245areotips, with 2 (50gr) Pellets. I switched this year to the Jim Shockey Gold stuff /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif (wish I wouldnt have /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cry.gif)
My gun is 2 to 3in high at a 100yds.
For 100grs of Pryodex pellets(Im shooting Shockeys) with the 245areotips suggested trajectory.
+3.36 @100
0 @150
-3.6 @175
-8.77 @200
With my gun 2-3in high at 100yds, Im bout 8in low at 150yds? My front bead is about the size of a catelope at 100yds(covers a 6in dot) and at 150(covers a 8in dot) so Im pretty much just throwing lead down there anyways. Im not expecting to be shooting MOA but I thought my bullet drop was a bit much.
1# Does my bullet drop seem a bit much to anyone else?
Second:
My bullets crawl left to right the further back I go. At 50yds If Im an 1.5 to left at 150 Im 4in to the right. I was shooting today with a 10mph left to right wind. But I wouldnt think that would push a 245gr bullet around that much. It was 2in to the left at 50yds and an 1in to right at 100yds 3weeks ago when I was shooting it aswell in NO wind.
2# Is there a reason for bullets to walk left to right?
Thanks guys.
A buddy and I (and few others) are heading to SW MN Wed. night for some pheasant hunting and a couple of days of blackpowder hunting. I know most the land we'll be hunting from previous pheasant trips and if this happens like I think its going to, Im gonna need my deer rifle not this smokepole with no scope. Its 100% wide open.
So, Im not changing my bullet/powder combo again till next year.
I shoot, Powerbelt 245areotips, with 2 (50gr) Pellets. I switched this year to the Jim Shockey Gold stuff /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif (wish I wouldnt have /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cry.gif)
My gun is 2 to 3in high at a 100yds.
For 100grs of Pryodex pellets(Im shooting Shockeys) with the 245areotips suggested trajectory.
+3.36 @100
0 @150
-3.6 @175
-8.77 @200
With my gun 2-3in high at 100yds, Im bout 8in low at 150yds? My front bead is about the size of a catelope at 100yds(covers a 6in dot) and at 150(covers a 8in dot) so Im pretty much just throwing lead down there anyways. Im not expecting to be shooting MOA but I thought my bullet drop was a bit much.
1# Does my bullet drop seem a bit much to anyone else?
Second:
My bullets crawl left to right the further back I go. At 50yds If Im an 1.5 to left at 150 Im 4in to the right. I was shooting today with a 10mph left to right wind. But I wouldnt think that would push a 245gr bullet around that much. It was 2in to the left at 50yds and an 1in to right at 100yds 3weeks ago when I was shooting it aswell in NO wind.
2# Is there a reason for bullets to walk left to right?
Thanks guys.
