Muzzleloader: How Temperature, Air Affect Rifles & Loads
Toby Bridges of the North American Muzzleloading Association is an expert on blackpowder rifles and loads. Here is some new info from Toby that will help you sight-in, shoot and hunt better: "Temperature is one variable that affects muzzleloader performance. So are changes in the humidity and elevation. I almost always obtain the best and most consistent accuracy with saboted bullets when shooting at temperatures from about 40 to 60 degrees. Here in Montana, I'm lucky that through most of June I can still get in several hours of shooting early in the morning with temperatures still in the upper 40s and into the 50s. Even in early July, I can drive up to 5,000 or so feet and shoot for a [...]