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Depends on the weapon. All three of my ML are sighted for 100 yds. , however I know the drop for the 45 and the 50 the 54 not so much I did not intend for it to be a long range weapon. My CF's on the other hand 200 yd. zero all day.

I zero at 100 yds. most of the time, especially with bullet weights around 250 gr. If it is 300 gr or more and I am setting the gun up to go farther then I go 2" high at 100.

Depends on the muzzleloader and load i'm using but I usually sight in 3 to 3 1/2 inches high at 100 yards. That way i'm good from 0 to 175 yards.

2 inches high at 50yds and 3 inches low at 100, 480- 490 lead conicals, most if not all my shots are gonna be around 50-75yds. where I hunt on private lands. I used to zero at 1" high at 100 and was shooting over them or hitting high.

I have for years sighted mine in 1" high at 50 yards which would put me pretty close to zero at 100. I changed that this year because I hardly ever, if ever, got a 100 yard shot here in middle Tennessee. Pretty much all of my shots were inside 75 yards with the majority being 50 yards or less. I kept hitting them high but it killed deer. I shot a nice 8 point opening day of muzzleloader this year at 40 yards and broke it's spine which incapacitated him. I had to do a follow up shot to put him down.

So...after many years of hitting them high I now zero my MLs at 50 yards which puts me about 2" low at 100. This allows me to aim just behind the shoulder in a 6" circle and hit all the way out to 150 yards.

babybutterfly \\I have for years now especially with a ML used a system called Point Blank Range (PBR). For a muzzleloader I use a 6" PBR, meaning through a given range the bullet will never be more than 3" high or 3" low while sighting dead on or Point of Aim (POA).

Point-blank range is the distance between a weapon and a target of a given size its projectile is expected to strike without adjusting the weapon's elevation. Point-blank range will vary by a weapon's external ballistics characteristics and target chosen. A weapon with a flatter trajectory will permit a longer maximum point-blank range for a given target size, while a larger target will allow a longer point-blank range for a given weapon.

Here is a calculator I just found on the net..

http://www.shooterscalculator.com/point-blank-range.php

In my case that means most of rifle will be about 3" high @ 100 and 3" low @ 175 to 90 depending on weight of bullet and powder charge or velocity. This little thing allows me to shoot 0 to 200 without much thought or scope adjusting.

This is a typical ballistic sheet on one of my loads with the PBR built in..



The chart shows my actual zero range is 160 yards and I can shoot to 196 yards and be 3" LOW

Hope this makes some sense...

^^^ That's good stuff right there!

I quit fighting gravity and estimating years ago. I agree with someone who posted 'put your money in a good quality scope'. Get one and practice and you'll have a zero at every distance..
Personally, I've always liked Leupold and found their Leupold AR 3-9x (#115389) to hold up to recoil and repeat for around $300, a few $ more for a mil-dot version.; get a custom turret for $59 and you will not regret. Or, for a similar price range in 30mm, try a SWFA fixed power.

Being almost all of my shots are under 100 yds I sight my ML for 75yds.

100yard zero, my shots go from 25, 50 to 150yards. Either way "if" I'm doing my part its dead.

Exactly the same as Halloflin,for the same
Reason.

I found that a 131 yard zero worked pretty well with the subtends on my 3-9 Swarovski. But I sold it in favor of a Zeiss 2-8 and hope to have it retrofitted with a target turret. I'll have to see what works out.

I much prefer the Point black because it works in the moment of truth. Picture this 7 am you are on your stand. you see a buck walk past in the fog How far??? you have seconds to shoot before the buck is gone......... well do I aim high or behind the shoulder or..... with the point blank method you are good to go.
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100 yards gets my vote :!: :!:

Ray........... :yeah:

60 yds. My max distance with primitive sights.

My 63 year-old eyes are trying 100 yard open sights next week with my Knight Vision. My 12 X 18 glow shot targets just arrived from Fed Ex. Now I'm hoping my inexpensive binoculars can dial those splatter holes in view. I will hang two targets at a time initially.

TripleSe7en said:

My 63 year-old eyes are trying 100 yard open sights next week with my Knight Vision. My 12 X 18 glow shot targets just arrived from Fed Ex. Now I'm hoping my inexpensive binoculars can dial those splatter holes in view. I will hang two targets at a time initially.

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I wish you luck!! My 63 year old eyes wouldn't make it now with open sights at 100 yds. They made scopes for us older hunters didn't they? :wink:

toytruck said:

TripleSe7en said:

My 63 year-old eyes are trying 100 yard open sights next week with my Knight Vision. My 12 X 18 glow shot targets just arrived from Fed Ex. Now I'm hoping my inexpensive binoculars can dial those splatter holes in view. I will hang two targets at a time initially.

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I wish you luck!! My 63 year old eyes wouldn't make it now with open sights at 100 yds. They made scopes for us older hunters didn't they? :wink:

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Nah! Old guys don't need scopes. We just get closer.

I usually sight in for dead nuts on @ 50 yards. Here in Michigan, I hunt the dense woods and swamps. Most shots are less than 50 yards. I have also found that with 30gr and a round ball, my CVA Optima is still sighted in @ 30 yards for rabbit hunting.

175 puts me +- 2.5 out to 200yds with my loads which is my personal limit.