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I have been using Blackhorn 209 in my CVA Optima .50 caliber (stainless barrel) and it works great but.... I had a lot of fouling after 5 shots and it really affected the grouping. I started to get "flyers" and had to quit sighting it in. Today I tried a couple White Hot pellets in it and it...

I've been shooting the 245 gr. aerotip PB and have gotten really good groups etc etc. In my never ending search for the "best" I've read numerous articles stating how wonderful the Barnes and similar sabots are. So here are my thoughts.... Sabots (plastic) gunk up the barrel and need it needs...

To me I can't understand why these new "blood and guts" video games are not "adult only". What kind of mental damage are these things doing to the young children that play them? Am I the only one who wonders this? I mean these things are graphic if you've ever watched them being played. And...

During the gun season I bought a CVA Optima black powder rifle so I could hunt the 10 day muzzleloader season after the gun season. I'm really hooked. I'm even thinking of using this for BOTH seasons next year. Anyone else use one of these during rifle season?

I've read over the years that hot water works great for cleaning black powder rifles. Now there are tons of "solvents" for doing it. I also read that during the civil war the soldiers cleaned their rifles by urinating down the barrel (hot water?). How do you guys do it (not urinate but...

I already had a thread about the poor season we had this year so I'll just show some pics of the 12 point buck my SIL got outside his house just outside the city limits with his CVA muzzleloader. The other pics are my blind, myself, my SIL sitting with me, and views out of the blind. The...

I've got a load worked up (with help from SIL) of 100 gr of Blackhorn 209, PowerBelt 245 gr aero tip and standard 209 primer. It groups good at 100. My question is... How many in here prefer the pellets (WhiteHots) over powder for hunting? Give your suggestions please. Thanks.

We (6 of us) have 120 leased acres (rolling oak tree woods) in central Wisconsin and planted food plots to hold the deer in this year. A week before gun season the 3 guys that bow hunt the land saw 10-12 HUGE monster bucks, most over 20 inches spread. They were hanging around my blind. Come...

I was using my Remington 700 Buckmasters .270 and the thing kept jamming when loading the magazine. Had to open the floor plate and start over twice making tons of noise in my blind. It is gone (am using my .300 Win Mag Ruger 77 again) and traded the 700 for a CVA Optima muzzleloader so I can...

Anyone watched this show on either Sportsman channel or outdoor channel? It's hilarious. Two 80 year old duffers trying to follow a guide. The whole show consists of them puffing like old trains! I laughed my ass off I guess because they remind me of myself LOL!!

SIL took me out to shoot his CVA Accura .50 cal stainless black powder rifle this morning. He uses the Powerbelt bullets and 100 gr. of Blackhorn 209 powder. I couldn't believe the groups this thing could shoot. I'm going to get the CVA camo stock "Wolf" with the cheapo scope to start out...

When young I used to think I could be a cartoonist or commercial artist but as life proved me wrong... (I'm a retired metallurgist) I still like to dabble with it. These are for fun. The first one is what the hunting show commercials portray what we look like (or should look like?).... The...

Just watched a hunting show where they were hawking these AR-15 style rifles. Anyone ever heard of them before?

Last summer I bought a Remington 700 SPS Buckmasters in .270 Win after looking at most everything else in the store. It was smooth and the rifle just felt "right". The new trigger also seemed as good as anything else I tried in this price range. I also had changed from the scope I had on last...

We've all heard that you're supposed to sight in with the ammo you're going to use hunting. Well, 20 years ago I bought a rifle that would shoot any brand, any bullet weight etc etc into the same group so kind of forgot about these words of wisdom. Was helping my brother sight in his .270 Win...

I've been mounting scopes for almost 50 years so I know how to properly do it and what to look for if there's a problem. Or so I thought..... My brother's Model 70 Winchester lightweight won't hold zero. I think it almost has to be a scope issue but here's what we checked. 1. Action...

I'm duck hunting again (with my SIL) after not going for a number of years. Can someone recommend a reasonably priced :rolleyes:, good duck call that won't stick all the time? We see Mallards, Wood Ducks and Bluewing Teals alot. I don't want to be a pro caller, just something that works. I...

I bought a barely used Stoeger Condor 12 ga. O/U last summer for under $300. It's turned out to be well made (fit and finish) and a very reliable shotgun. I looked at all the new junky low priced O/U's and saw this on the used gun rack and have never looked back. Just wondered if anyone...

I keep hearing bad remarks about them. Here is a link to a youtube video on their site on how they're made. Being a former manufacturing, design and finally metallurgical engineer it looks pretty state-of-the-art and good to me...

I've got to go out west (Wyoming) only once in my life. The rest has all been in Wisconsin's woods or marshes. But I have noticed a huge difference in hunting between the eastern and western parts of the USA. I'm looking for your comments on this. My comments: Eastern hunting. I've found...