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Muzzleloader Hunting
Motivation for ML hunting restrictions
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<blockquote data-quote="CMP70306" data-source="post: 2859436" data-attributes="member: 36999"><p>A scope will obvious increase the range of a rifle all things being equal under most circumstances unless the effective range is short enough to negate that advantage. I would think that someone with an iron sighted smokeless muzzleloader would be able to outrange someone shooting a scoped caplock with full bore lead bullets. The limited velocity and high trajectory of the caplock, approximately 30" at 200 yard, is 8 more inches than what the smokeless drops at 400 yards. </p><p></p><p>As I said I'd rather see the effective range of the rifle limited rather than scopes removed. Scopes make the shooter more accurate at all ranges leading to better shot placement on game even close range in lower lighting conditions. If the rifle itself is incapable of providing sufficient energy to harvest game past 200 yards then the scope isn't helping to increase the effective range as much as make shots inside of that effective range more accurate.</p><p></p><p>Compare it to a 22 LR vs a .223 for varmint hunting, you can have identical rifles with identical long range scopes but the .223 will drastically out range the .22 LR by several hundred yards due to the advantages in accuracy, retained velocity and drop. Put that .223 in an iron sighted rifle and it can still be shot farther more accurately than the scoped .22 LR just like the smokeless compared with a caplock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CMP70306, post: 2859436, member: 36999"] A scope will obvious increase the range of a rifle all things being equal under most circumstances unless the effective range is short enough to negate that advantage. I would think that someone with an iron sighted smokeless muzzleloader would be able to outrange someone shooting a scoped caplock with full bore lead bullets. The limited velocity and high trajectory of the caplock, approximately 30” at 200 yard, is 8 more inches than what the smokeless drops at 400 yards. As I said I’d rather see the effective range of the rifle limited rather than scopes removed. Scopes make the shooter more accurate at all ranges leading to better shot placement on game even close range in lower lighting conditions. If the rifle itself is incapable of providing sufficient energy to harvest game past 200 yards then the scope isn’t helping to increase the effective range as much as make shots inside of that effective range more accurate. Compare it to a 22 LR vs a .223 for varmint hunting, you can have identical rifles with identical long range scopes but the .223 will drastically out range the .22 LR by several hundred yards due to the advantages in accuracy, retained velocity and drop. Put that .223 in an iron sighted rifle and it can still be shot farther more accurately than the scoped .22 LR just like the smokeless compared with a caplock. [/QUOTE]
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