8 ga round ball

[John Farrell, Charter Member #33]

Here's the question. If one is going to shoot disparate weight projectiles at a target only 25-30 yards away, that's fine. The margin of error is probably not more than 4" as Charlie reports. But what if the finest buck that you ever saw is 50 yards away - or 80 yards? (See photo). And you take a shot that you know only has a 1 in 20 chance of hitting on the point of aim???? Charlie states he's using Kentucky windage to get the slug on the target with a 4" deviation at 30 yards. Shooting a too heavy or too light round ball and missing that buck would be sad. And even more devastatin' than finding out that the cork in your flask came loose and all your warmin' juice ran off onto the log you're sittin' on.

Me? A little more time weighing the balls or bullets into some order of weight deviation - and later feeling confident if that buck steps up to the zeroed in area - makes sense to me. It sure beats watching American Idol or Duck Dynasty.