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This is my first year hunting a flintlock, shooting a 54 cal Renegade with stock sights. Load I am using is 80 grains 2f Goex, .530 Hornady ball, TC pre-lubed pillow ticking patch (can't remember if that's .018" or .020" thickness). I tried sighting in at 50 yards and started a good 4 inches high, lowered the rear sight as far as it would go and was still ~2 inches high. I put a target at 30 yards and found that I was dead on at that range. I ran some numbers through this calculator (1500 fps MV, 1" sight height):
ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/rbballistics/web_apps/rb_ballistics.html
And find that the ball should dropping somewhat between 30 and 50 yards. Any ideas what is going on here?
ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/rbballistics/web_apps/rb_ballistics.html
And find that the ball should dropping somewhat between 30 and 50 yards. Any ideas what is going on here?