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Recommend a muzzle loader.
#1794766
07/24/16 04:20 PM
07/24/16 04:20 PM
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Alabama
Rmart30
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10 point
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OP
10 point
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 4,617
Alabama
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Been thinking about a muzzle loader.
The CVA's have caught my attention. Particularly the Optima for $250, or the Wolf for $200.
Any input on these?
Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
#1795384
07/25/16 08:43 AM
07/25/16 08:43 AM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,004
Colbert County
Teacher One
14 point
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14 point
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Colbert County
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Buy a TC Omega. They run about the same on price but the Omega is one of the best MLs made.
I can't stand a thief.
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
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#1797129
07/26/16 03:56 PM
07/26/16 03:56 PM
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Posts: 9,004
Colbert County
Teacher One
14 point
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14 point
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Colbert County
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I have a TC Omega & use Blackhorn 209 powder. It works great X2 I bought the Omega so I could shoot the Blackhorn powder in it. I have a Knight MK 85 I bought new that is not designed to shoot the BH powder in so I bought the Omega. At 100 yards both the Knight and the Omega will shoot with enough accuracy to amaze me. One inch groups at 100 yards are common. I topped my Omega with a Zeiss Davarti and it is a killing machine. I know it is an expensive package the way mine is sat up, but it is the last one I will ever have to buy.
I can't stand a thief.
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
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07/27/16 05:27 PM
07/27/16 05:27 PM
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Posts: 16,495
Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Guntersville
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I got the Optima pistol and that speed breech is easiest thing to.clean I ever seen. I owned T/C traditional sidelock ML and the older Remington 700 ML previously. If they're very accurate at all I'd think the Wolf is a tremendous bargain. I've thought of buying one myself.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
“The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
#1799208
07/28/16 03:06 PM
07/28/16 03:06 PM
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Posts: 4,669
Madison, AL
wmd
10 point
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10 point
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Madison, AL
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I third the Omega. I want one of the stainless, thumbhole stock ones but they are hard to find. It is a shame that TC quit making them.
"Any way you look at it, most of the problems facing baboons can be expressed in two words: other baboons" -
D.L. Cheney and R.M. Seyfarth
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
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07/29/16 01:05 PM
07/29/16 01:05 PM
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North Alabama
Wiley Coyote
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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North Alabama
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My son has the Optima Pro Magnum in stainless and it's a breeze to clean.
I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.
NRA Life Member
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
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07/29/16 11:21 PM
07/29/16 11:21 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
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Cleburne
.308
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Cleburne
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Me & my dad both have the wolf, shoots great & kills deer. For an extra $50, the Optima feels better in the hands.
"When you've stared down the barrel of a shotgun in your own home, 3rd & 20 don't seem too bad"......Ken "Snake" Stabler
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
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07/29/16 11:22 PM
07/29/16 11:22 PM
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Cleburne
.308
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14 point
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Cleburne
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Invest in the Blackhorn powder, easy stuff to clean.
"When you've stared down the barrel of a shotgun in your own home, 3rd & 20 don't seem too bad"......Ken "Snake" Stabler
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: wmd]
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07/30/16 06:26 AM
07/30/16 06:26 AM
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Colbert County
Teacher One
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14 point
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Colbert County
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I third the Omega. I want one of the stainless, thumbhole stock ones but they are hard to find. It is a shame that TC quit making them. That is exactly what mine is. Thumbhole stock is beautiful and the silver Zeiss matches the stainless perfectly. It is the nicest gun that I own. I have had several offers on it, but I have turned them all down. I turned down 800.00 for the gun last year and was told I was a fool for not selling. Problem is I can't replace it for that offer.
I can't stand a thief.
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
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08/04/16 08:42 AM
08/04/16 08:42 AM
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Hoover
mrfuzz
10 point
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10 point
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Hoover
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What ever you decide to get, you'll either love it or hate it.
I love mine! The first time I made smoke with mine, I lit up like a kid at Christmas and told my wife "That's the shucks!"
I have found myself carrying my ML more and more.
Good luck.
my 2nd amendment guarantees your 1st amendment!
cixelsyd ton m'i tub (but i'm not dyslexic)
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
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08/04/16 09:09 AM
08/04/16 09:09 AM
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Hartselle, AL
trlrdrdave
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Hartselle, AL
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Me too mrfuzz. Now I got to kill something with my flintlock besides pigs and yotes. But that was fun too.
"In time of war, send me all the Alabamians you can get, but in time of peace, for Lord's sake, send them to somebody else." General Edward H. Plummer
"Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight." Jeff Cooper
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
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08/19/16 06:13 PM
08/19/16 06:13 PM
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Hollywood, Alabama; Jackson Co...
Hunter454
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Hollywood, Alabama; Jackson Co...
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I have a Knight Ultra lite. I use 3 pellets of 50 grain pyrodex pellets. I use to have the Omega, but the Knight is 1 pound lighter. It also shoots better. You will carry it more than you shoot, also.
All you need to know is. Dead deer don't grow!
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: Rmart30]
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08/19/16 06:14 PM
08/19/16 06:14 PM
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Hollywood, Alabama; Jackson Co...
Hunter454
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I have a Knight Ultra lite. I use 3 pellets of 50 grain pyrodex pellets. I use to have the Omega, but the Knight is 1 pound lighter. It also shoots better. You will carry it more than you shoot, also.
All you need to know is. Dead deer don't grow!
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
[Re: mrfuzz]
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08/20/16 04:35 PM
08/20/16 04:35 PM
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Posts: 18,070
Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
DEADorALIVE
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
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What ever you decide to get, you'll either love it or hate it.
I love mine! The first time I made smoke with mine, I lit up like a kid at Christmas and told my wife "That's the shucks!"
I have found myself carrying my ML more and more.
Good luck. Same here! I don't get to go much, the past few years, but everytime I've gone, I carried a Hawken.
Well behaved women never make history.~ Out back
Quit laughing...I think I broke something.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzen-Gruben, Baby...
I have OCD and ADD, so everything has to be perfect, but only for a minute.
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Re: Recommend a muzzle loader.
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08/25/16 08:34 PM
08/25/16 08:34 PM
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Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 18,070
Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
DEADorALIVE
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Posts: 18,070
Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
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I had a CVA Optima Pro in nkl/blk...enjoyed shooting it, but my preference has since migrated to sidelocks. Now I've got 3 Hawkens that I like, and gave the Optima to 'Huntress. The Hawken is a little harder to clean, but I just enjoy the more traditional sidelock a little more than I did the inline.
Well behaved women never make history.~ Out back
Quit laughing...I think I broke something.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzen-Gruben, Baby...
I have OCD and ADD, so everything has to be perfect, but only for a minute.
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