This question requires additional information to answer it correctly. What rate-or-twist
does your rifle have? At what distance
will your average shot be taken? What game will you be
hunting? Are you more concerned with weight of bullet or a flatter
trajectory? A good place to start is by determining which weights of
bullets generally perform well in a rifle with your rate-of-twist.
Of course the lighter the bullet the flatter the trajectory. Since not
all muzzleloader are made exactly the same, most of the time
different rifles even though the same brand, will shoot the same bullet
differently. To find the best bullet for your rifle, in the
approximate weigh you are looking at using, requires
testing each bullet weight with different loads of powder to see
how well they will perform in your rifle. This results in finding
the bullet that your rifle likes the best. Although your
rifle may shoot most Precision Rifle muzzleloader bullets into a 2 inch
group at 100 yards, you would like to find that special load that shoots
into the same hole every time. This of course is the best bullet to
hunt with in most cases.
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