I bought a black powder rifle last year and put a simmons scope that i use to have on my 30-06 , on the black powder. It seemed to me that after sighting in at 100 yards and it hitting perfect that when it came time to hunt i could not hit anything. I missed 2 deer at 80 yards. So i went back and checked it out and i was a little over a foot high at 100yds. When it was on my 30-06 i never had to touch it,ever! It was always on. Im not sure if its the scope or my bullets(245gr copper/lead cva bullets,with 2 triple 7 pellets),or my gun,or what. The barrel is clean as clean can get on every shot. I always treat the barrel as if its the 1st shot when sighting in. The rifle is a T/C Triumph. Im thinking about the Bushnell xlt doa 250 scope as its on clearance,but i hear nothing but good things about the Nikon omega BDC 250. I looked at both and am considering the Bushnell as it has the wind-age which is kinda nice and i like the mill dot over the circle. My eye tends to grab the attention of the mill dot over the open circle. Thanks for the advice!

oh and anyone that uses either one of these scopes,what grain of bullet and powder do you use? I was told 250 grain bullet and the powder wasnt a whole lot of different whether it be 2 pellets or 3. im planning on going to 3 though.

 

I'd go with the a Nikon 1.65-5x36 Omega with the BDC 250 or their Nikon 3-9x40 Omega with the 300 yard BDC reticle. The Leupold muzzleloader scope would be worth considering too. I'd steer clear of stuff like Simmons, BSA, Barska or Bushnell. Bushnell Elite 3200, 4200 and 6500 series scopes are ok but the rest of their stuff I've been thoroughly unimpressed with.

Personally I'd go with the Nikon.

As for loads you're just going to have to experiment. Set aside an afternoon and go spend a few hours at the range going through different loads until you find the one that shoots best from your rifle and hits where you want it to.

 

thanks,im not much of a fan with bushnell scopes either. I wasnt aware Leopold had a muzzle loader scope. ill have to look at t. Do you know if the omega 300 is the exact same as the 250 or is the reticle different?

 

The BDC 200 and 300 reticles are basically the same but they're calibrated differently. The little circles are in different spots.