Remington 700MLS Range

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Hello All,

I have a .45 cal Remington 700MLS that I purchased last year and I have shot it a bit, and hunted with it this year only one day but didn't see anything. I have it sighted in with open sights for about 75 yards, but I know I can keep decent groups at 100 yards as well. So last year I told myself not to take a shot over 100 yards. Now I have just mounted an old 4x scope on it and my dad asked me what the effective range of my gun is, and I didn't have an answer. So now for the question, what is the effective range of my gun for both hunting as well as target shooting. I shoot 225 grain power belt bullets with 100 grains of powder. I am all for using more powder if it will help but I don't know what the maximum amount is so i stuck with 100.

Any tips would be much appreciated!

Thanks!
Evan
 
I think the

biggest things with muzzleloaders is practice, practice, practice. Pick some good quality bullets along with whichever powder you plan on using and go from there. Find the best load at 100 yards that will give you the most cosistent groups and then stretch if out from there to say 150 then 200. The BIGGEST thing is to have consistency in point of impact and a group that will fall inside the kill zone. If it will not hit where you want it to then it is of little use. There will be a animal suffering a slow death. I plan on doing more longer range shooting with my Rem 700 50 cal this summer. I hope to be able to get out to 200-250 with consistency.

The bottom line is they are muzzleloaders. I would sure like to meet these fellows that shoot competition with them and get consistent sub moa groups.

JMO
 
Nope, haven't tried them yet. I am just getting started with this. I have two packages of the Power Belts so this year I will probablly get practiced with them but I am definately not against change. How much would 20 Hornady saboted SST's cost me? And can it really be used for hunting out to 250-300 yards?
 
evster said:
Nope, haven't tried them yet. I am just getting started with this. I have two packages of the Power Belts so this year I will probablly get practiced with them but I am definately not against change. How much would 20 Hornady saboted SST's cost me? And can it really be used for hunting out to 250-300 yards?
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#1 - Hornadys are about $12 / package

#2 - Spend some quality time with your smokepole. MOA is more important than FPS. Some rifles shoot a particular bullet weight / configuration better than others. Your rifle may NOT even group with Hornady, but thread an needle with a powerbelt product.

#3 - 200 yard's is a huge shot for a ML.
 
It would be irresponsible of me to not recommend that you check your owners manual, or consult with Remington or reprenstative (i.e. dealer) with regards to max loads.

A safe and effective load is 100 grains of Pyrodex - measured volumetrically, or course!
 
I'll probablly stick with 100 grains unless something isn't working. My manual doesn't explain charges for .45 cal, just 50 and 54 cal. Seems kinda odd...
 
I would use 100 grains of T-7 pellets with either Hornady SST's or XTP's. SST will shoot about 3-5 inches higher when I went from XTP's to SST's. I could shoot pop cans at 200 yrds but I practiced lots. MY max range was 175 yrds on Deer size game. I never had opportunity to try for soemthing bigger. Buddy shot and Antelope at approx 195 yrds, but he shot his gun for approx 8 yrs and was very familiar with it. Good Luck

To answer question of cost its cheaper to buy XTP's in 100 packs for around $200 and then buy sabots seperatly for $6 per 40 as opposed to $15 per 20 in prepackaged. SST's are around $20 per 20 and come with Sabots, I dont believe they come in bulk last time I checked.
 
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