Burris eliminator 3 shooting on a 50 calibur hornady sst sabot with a 250 grain bullett grain with 90 grains of blackthorn 209 powder by volume. I

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I bought the scope last December 2020 from cabelas. I watched videos of shooting on a 50 caliber muzzleloader. I now have it on my Thompson center encore magnum gun and contacted Burris fir a drop number. The velocity is 1846 and the bullet coefficient is .210 as given by Cabelas staff zak. Burris tells me I need to send it back and get a eliminator 4. I am looking to shoot up to 300 yards. Can anyone give me some guidance. I am looking for a drop number for the scope.
 
Nearly all ballistic calculators are meant to do supersonic trajectories only. Your load will be transonic by 200yrds and subsonic by 300. I highly suggest you get actual drops unless you know that your calculator is compensating correctly for transonic and subsonic velocity regimes. My advice is to go out and get actual drops and to consider limiting your shots to under 200yrds.
 
There were 2 E3's, one with a remote and one without. My understanding is the one with remote had enhanced software to handle rimfires and ml using a 50 yd zero, and the one without was centerfire only.
 
Yes you can set eliminator 3 for rimfire and muzzle loader it is explained in the instruction manual. Then you set your drop number at 250 yards
 
Yes you can set eliminator 3 for rimfire and muzzle loader it is explained in the instruction manual. Then you set your drop number at 250 yards
I just received an email from Burris today that I bought the wrong scope and I should have bought a eliminator lv. The only 3 eliminator that can be programmed is the electric model that is no longer made.
 
Nearly all ballistic calculators are meant to do supersonic trajectories only. Your load will be transonic by 200yrds and subsonic by 300. I highly suggest you get actual drops unless you know that your calculator is compensating correctly for transonic and subsonic velocity regimes. My advice is to go out and get actual drops and to consider limiting your shots to under 200yrds.
Good [point. I should have said they are a good starting reference point.
 
I just received an email from Burris today that I bought the wrong scope and I should have bought a eliminator lv. The only 3 eliminator that can be programmed is the electric model that is no longer made.
Not sure what the electric model is? I have 4 eliminator three scopes only one has the remote cable all of them can be set to rimfire, muzzleloader mode. I will take a picture of the instructions when I get home.
 

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Instructions for 50 yard sight in. Set drop number at 250 yards
 

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