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 Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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08/18/17 09:57 PM
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Greg Z
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Getting into muzzle loading this season. If you have experiance with these, I would love to hear your thoughts.
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 Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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08/19/17 01:11 PM
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 ta the world of muzzle loading... some one will be with you shortly... 
i'm postaddic
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Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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08/21/17 12:21 AM
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My son acquired one this summer, only shot it once so we are no experts!!! My suggestion is to get on u tube look at all the video's that are put out by CVA, especially the ones about smokeless powder in muzzle loaders. There is a bunch of information on those videos. Then branch out from their.
They certainly seem like they will be fun, welcome to the shooting match
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Robert
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Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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08/21/17 08:10 PM
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I bought a brand new Optima V2 and love it. Very accurate and a great shooter. I need to pull mine out and take it to the range. Getting to be that time of year again.
Edit: I bought it last year and 3 weeks after I got it I shot my first deer with it. He dropped right on the spot!
Last edited by s1rGr1nG0; 08/21/17 08:11 PM.
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Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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08/21/17 11:23 PM
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Greg Z
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S1R,
Tell me about what you are loading it with. I am very excited to get mine.
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Greg Ziemer
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Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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08/24/17 12:57 AM
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very good gun. the v2 is the newer version. few of the guys on my Oklahoma lease shoot them. Id buy one if I didn't already have a TC Stryker.
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Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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08/24/17 05:20 AM
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Greg Z
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Picked one up on muzzle-loader.com. best prices, 3 day shipping and no tax. Very excited to see it.
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Greg Ziemer
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Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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09/05/17 03:03 AM
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Find some BH209 powder and Scorpion PT Gold Sabots and you will be in for a treat for sure! Easily a 150yd+ gun.
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Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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09/08/17 04:59 PM
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hangfire
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I have one and I have settled on 100 grains of Blackthorn 209 powder and 250 grain TC Shockwave sabot. Very accurate. I also use Remington primers. As stated above the Blackthorn is much cleaner then Pyrodex.
Tell me about what you are loading it with. I am very excited to get mine.
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Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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09/08/17 05:01 PM
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hangfire
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Colt 45, this forum is kinda like wet powder, slow to take off some times. ta the world of muzzle loading... some one will be with you shortly...
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Re: Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima
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09/13/17 02:44 PM
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Kevin Heath
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I use 777 and power belts. I have an older CVA hunter that I just replaced with a cva wolf (thanks to Gander going out of bidness).
Some days you're the pigeon, other days you are the statue!
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