Muzzleloading accessories

If you're shooting smokeless powders there is no need to clean between shots, ever. Henry Ball, the man who developed this rifle for Savage, was asked how often he cleaned his rifle. He replied "Once a year whether it needs it or not". Black powder and substitutes require cleaning very frequently to get and maintain accuracy.
 
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That will come as a great surprise to the bench rest shooters at my club.
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I'd be amazed if the benchrest shooters at your club were shooting Savage Muzzleloaders in benchrest competition. Henry Ball and Randy Wakeman know more about these guns than anyone on the planet and the idea of not cleaning between shots is their reccommendation. I'm guessing you don't own or use one yourself.
 
You guys have been absolutely great!!
I can't thank you enough.
I've bookmarked the online stores you mentioned, and I want to see those Nikon scopes, they sound pretty nifty.

I went to a large ammunition store in town, and got the MMP sabots, IMR-4759 powder, Hornady 250 gr hollow points, an RCBS small electronic scale, an RCBS powder dribbler, 3 orange gadgets to hold one complete charge (bullet, sabot, powder), Federal 209A primers, and a short starter rod.

The idea about the glitter tubes is cool.

I shoot in dense woods, where you're lucky to see a 50 yd shot. Most will be in the 20 - 35 yd range. I have a nice Red Dot on my 45-70, but for now I purchased a Williams Firesight specifically made for this gun. Money is getting a little tight, so if the gun shoots as well as you claim, I may look at a small scope or another Red Dot for next year. For what this all cost for one week of whitetail deer hunting, I could have bought 100 lbs of top prime rib, and had it cooked and served. Just a joke, as we don't hunt for survival. (hopefully)

Once again, my thanks to all.

Robert
 
NoSecondBest - I apologize. You're correct, I don't own one. I inferred that your comment was about smokeless powder shooting in general - bench rest shooters, who are famous for their pursuit of very accurate shooting, would never think of not cleaning every chance they get; a dirty bore is an anathema. I didn't realize that you were commenting about the Savage ML II specifically, as an anomaly, a fact which would also be a great surprise to those same bench rest shooters.

By the way, Wakeman has no credibility.
 
I prefer a full buckhorn. Next choice would be a tang. A vernier is best for long range target shooting.

By the way, you had credibility until you mentioned Wakeman as an authority.
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Amen to that. The man is the worst thing that ever happened to muzzle loading.
 
Are we still talking; Savage 10ML ??

Would a peep, tang or venier sight be best for the yardage the fellow mentioned in woods
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If we are still on point for a Savage 50ML and the shot string has listed, then both sights you mentioned would not bring out the full potential of the Savage. Your best bet would be a low powered or variable optics or maintain your open sights. ... ;)

The only rifles I put these kind of sights on are my slow twist SideLocks. .. ;)


JMHO and;
Be Safe !!!
 
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