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Old November 30, 2009, 07:18 PM   #26
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If your sighted 50yds and grouping very well also grouping well at 100yds but low. How low are you grouping at 100yds.?
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Old November 30, 2009, 07:51 PM   #27
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Its looking like your headed back to filing the front sight or shimming the rear. Whats the bore look like especially down at the breech? Have you tried any .535 balls with .010 lubed patchs? How tight is the .530 with lubed .015 patch? Just want to rule out to much blow by.
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Old November 30, 2009, 09:47 PM   #28
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If I don't run a patch through after every shot it is very tight running the ball down. Other wise it is fairly easy to run down, it is snug but some what easy.
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Old December 1, 2009, 05:08 AM   #29
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Again, I know your groups are low at 100yds. How tight are the groups and how low?
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Old December 1, 2009, 12:42 PM   #30
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2-3 inch groups and about 10-12 inches low
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Old December 1, 2009, 01:20 PM   #31
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If it's only 1 foot low then I would just use Kentucky windage and aim high when shooting at 100 yards, but that's just me.
The last time I adjusted rifle sights to shoot at 100 yards it greatly affected the point of impact at 50 yards which is the distance that I do most of my shooting.
So sight adjustment is often simply one of those choices of personal preference that the shooter decides to make that's mostly based on the distance that one plans to shoot from the most.
A 50 yard target is basically just a 100 yard target that's reduced in size, and many rifles will shoot more accurately and using less powder at 50 yards. And believe it or not, some folks have a preference for shooting at 25 yards with even smaller targets.
It's all good!
But where to aim at the targets for each distance is one of the main challenges.

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Old December 1, 2009, 02:34 PM   #32
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+1 on what Articap said. If your going to hunt with this rifle and most your shots are 40-75 yds., I wouldn`t zero at 100. I`d zero at 50 and shoot enough to know where I had to aim at a deer at 100. You keep filing on that front sight and you may not be able to zero at 50. Then you gotta add that bead of weld on the front sight. Thats the only problem with filing front sight verse`s shimming rear sight. By the way, 2-3" groups at 100yds. with open sights ain`t bad.
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Old December 1, 2009, 03:22 PM   #33
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Thats at 50, 100 does alright but not that well.
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Old December 2, 2009, 04:26 AM   #34
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According to previous post`s I thought you were zero`ed and grouping good at 50yds. My advice would be the same as Arctic`s, zero at 50 and hold over for 100.
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