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<blockquote data-quote="Buck Buster" data-source="post: 1532672" data-attributes="member: 99718"><p>That's what I am shooting, the 50 Cal. Optima V2 with 2 Triple seven pellets and the Traditions 250 gr. Smackdown with the 3 peddled sabots that come with them. I buy the 30 pack. They are a boat tail made by Hornady ! They have the greenish yellow tip on them. I sight in for 100 yards and then use my vertical line in my scope for 150 and 200 yards ! Between the crosshair and the point of the bottom post it is on at 150 and it is on at 200 using the very point of the bottom post ! When I bought the scope I was expecting it to have multiple lines in it, but it doesn't I was just lucky that it worked out the way it did ! when I shot it in at 200 yards the last three of five shots were under 2" and all of them together was about 2&1/2 inch group ! That is all the farther that I plan to shoot, actually most places I won't be able to see that far ! The bullets went clear through the tree that I had my target stapled to, it was a 4 or 5 inch tree, they have lots of power ! I killed three deer with it the first year I had it and they all were complete pass throughs and none of them took a step that I am aware of, when the smoke cleared they were laying there ! Some of the new guns out can shoot a long ways but I would never pay the prices for some of them for all that is gained . I like shooting them because of the history behind them, actually I like the flintlocks better because they are more authentic to me, it gives you a special satisfaction when you harvest something with them, it lets your mind go back in time to when the settlers were using something very similar for survival ! Good luck with whatever you decide !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck Buster, post: 1532672, member: 99718"] That's what I am shooting, the 50 Cal. Optima V2 with 2 Triple seven pellets and the Traditions 250 gr. Smackdown with the 3 peddled sabots that come with them. I buy the 30 pack. They are a boat tail made by Hornady ! They have the greenish yellow tip on them. I sight in for 100 yards and then use my vertical line in my scope for 150 and 200 yards ! Between the crosshair and the point of the bottom post it is on at 150 and it is on at 200 using the very point of the bottom post ! When I bought the scope I was expecting it to have multiple lines in it, but it doesn't I was just lucky that it worked out the way it did ! when I shot it in at 200 yards the last three of five shots were under 2" and all of them together was about 2&1/2 inch group ! That is all the farther that I plan to shoot, actually most places I won't be able to see that far ! The bullets went clear through the tree that I had my target stapled to, it was a 4 or 5 inch tree, they have lots of power ! I killed three deer with it the first year I had it and they all were complete pass throughs and none of them took a step that I am aware of, when the smoke cleared they were laying there ! Some of the new guns out can shoot a long ways but I would never pay the prices for some of them for all that is gained . I like shooting them because of the history behind them, actually I like the flintlocks better because they are more authentic to me, it gives you a special satisfaction when you harvest something with them, it lets your mind go back in time to when the settlers were using something very similar for survival ! Good luck with whatever you decide ! [/QUOTE]
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