Effective range of a muzzleloader

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Looking for a potential moose gun. I am thinking muzzlelaoder as it would also allow me some options to participate in another dear draw in S.W. Ontario. I already have a 12ga. with rifled barrel that I shoot sabots with as well as the trusty .303.

What is the realistic effective range of a muzzleloader (that I can expect). It looks like there is a lot of good options available in sabot technology. Would you suggest .50 cal or .45. What are the tradeoffs of the two?

Primer system to use?

Any help would be appreciated..

Thanks
 
Traditional ml -100 yards range
Inline ml with scope and sabots - 200 yards
50 cal gives you more bullet options with both styles and for moose you want the xtra power compared to the 45 cal
 
a nice .50 inline shooting .45 bullets with sabots you can reach out to 200yards probably. once those big heavy bullets slow down they fall pretty fast though.
 
Check regs...may have to have a 50 cal for moose...I would go for a 50 cal inline myself..
A 350 gr 45 sabot with 110grs of powder would be flat shooting with a good thump to it.
 
The effective range depends on you. During the American revolution there where 1000 riflemen trained for long range work. They where well known for making 250 yard shots all the time, and one fellow killed 3 men on board a ship at 800 yards. It makes no difference what igntion is used, the difference is in the barrel rate of twist, and you.
 
Yes, so a 45 cal. sabot would be illegal for moose... right?;)

McD said:
Check regs...may have to have a 50 cal for moose...I would go for a 50 cal inline myself..
A 350 gr 45 sabot with 110grs of powder would be flat shooting with a good thump to it.
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8ball said:
Yes, so a 45 cal. sabot would be illegal for moose... right?;)
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One would think that but since when does every thing make sense;)
A 45 with a 400gr conical is illegal but a 50 with a 200 gr saboted round is legal....
 
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