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Try setting the entire plate on TOP of the bead and see what that does. I think you’ll be surprised. Back when I could see, I could hit a beer bottle cap at 25 yards, every time, shooting my old TC Renegade and Maxiballs. I stuck some Williams sights on it for a while, then finally a 1x scope. That still rides it to this day, an old Simmons 1x32. It has about 4MOA crosshairs, so yeah, I know about covering a paper plate up (at 200 yds anyway) lol. Shot power belts pretty dang good at 200 yards 15 years ago. I could hit the plate every time, usually less than a 4” group. Don’t know if you’ve ever peered down a 1x scope? It makes everything look farther away, unless you intentionally turn it out of focus slightly, then you can get it to appear the same distance or possibly a touch closer.I usually just use a 9" paper plate as a target out to 100 yards and when the bead covers the plate I shoot. Yes I understand the whole aim small-miss small concept that's why I believe a finer bead would be beneficial. I'm already using the Lyman 17 with Lee Shavers inserts on another muzzleloader and it helps tremendously.