The Loose Moose

You better eat your wheaties, they weigh over 9lbs a piece unloaded. They’re essentially hand held revolving rifles. They sure do bark thunderously loud, they’ll make the mouse fart - powder puffers tuck their tails in shame and envy!

Best I’ve gotten is 7fps standard deviation on my match loads. The single best thing I did to improve that was compression, but wad type, powder brand, and neck tension also played a big role too. The velocities tightened up and scores improved.

Cullie, my 100yd zero on my Sharps rifle is 34moa with an MVA soule staff. I have a pedersoli staff that zeros at 7moa on the same rifle. There’s some differences in the manufacture of these sights. For BPCR my drop is about 55 moa at 500yds shooting a 500gr at about 1150fps, so I dial up to 89moa to start on the rams and adjust as needed for conditions. If I’m going further out, I’m dropping about 130moa on the Quigley Buffalo at 805yds so I dial in 164moa on my sight to start. your settings will vary depending on your front sight height and the load you’re shooting, but you’re in the ballpark with your 36moa zero.