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 CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
#8746987
12/01/22 02:25 PM
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Hopedale
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Ok, hurt my knee the weekend before Thanksgiving, so more than likely I'm done hunting until Jan.
With that I treated myself to a new muzzleloader.
If you're shooting this rifle, what loads are you using?
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
[Re: Hopedale]
#8755309
12/11/22 04:45 PM
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txseadog
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Outdoorsman
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My load is very simple - 250g Hornady SST over 2 White Hot pellets with a Federal 209A
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
[Re: Hopedale]
#8755400
12/11/22 07:42 PM
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flintknapper
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
[Re: Hopedale]
#8756976
12/13/22 04:15 PM
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Hopedale
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Thanks. Hoping to go site in my new Optima this week.
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
[Re: Hopedale]
#8764173
12/22/22 04:10 PM
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Posts: 512
ctonsmitty
Tracker
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Tracker
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250 gr Hornady SST
2 White Hots
Winchester 777 primer
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
[Re: Hopedale]
#8765642
12/24/22 02:02 AM
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Joined: Feb 2010
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bassman110
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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barnes spit fire ez 250 grain
77 grains by weight of blackhorn 209 - (I have used 2x triple7 50 grn pellets but like the blackhorn 209 better. No smoke with blackhorn 209)
CCI 209 primers
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
[Re: Hopedale]
#8766332
12/24/22 11:28 PM
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LeonCarr
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Simple and kinda old school...hand cast 320 Grain Lee REAL bullet, 1/8 inch waxed felt wad, 95 grains Pyrodex RS, Cheddite 209 Primer.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
"Whitetail Deer are extinct because of rifles with telescopes mounted on them." - My 11th Grade English Teacher
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
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#8766845
12/25/22 06:52 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
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flintknapper
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Simple and kinda old school...hand cast 320 Grain Lee REAL bullet, 1/8 inch waxed felt wad, 95 grains Pyrodex RS, Cheddite 209 Primer.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
Hard hitting combo! 
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
[Re: flintknapper]
#8769292
12/29/22 03:23 PM
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LeonCarr
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Simple and kinda old school...hand cast 320 Grain Lee REAL bullet, 1/8 inch waxed felt wad, 95 grains Pyrodex RS, Cheddite 209 Primer.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
Hard hitting combo! If I do my part about 2 MOA, and super cheap to shoot. I use a 50/50 Beeswax/Crisco lube on the bullets and the felt wads. I like it  .
"Whitetail Deer are extinct because of rifles with telescopes mounted on them." - My 11th Grade English Teacher
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
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#8841993
04/28/23 12:51 AM
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Adchunts
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Have a CVA Optima V2 pistol. Shooting two 50 grain Triple 7 pellets behind a Hornady MonoFlex ML 250 grain bullet. Have killed two whitetails with it so far. Recovered this bullet out of the second one after a hard quartering away shot. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2023/04/full-61160-387921-img_1065.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2023/04/full-61160-387922-img_1062.jpeg)
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
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#8951400
11/08/23 01:30 AM
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Posts: 305
bassman110
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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barnes spit fire ez 250 grain
84 grains by weight of blackhorn 209
CCI 209M primers (recommended with blackthorn 209)
grouping is insanely accurate
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Re: CVA Optima 2 - what loads are you shooting?
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#8960999
11/24/23 06:12 PM
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Posts: 2,512
rickt300
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Hornady 300 gr. SST. on top of 80 grains by volume Shooters World MPB. Easy 1.5 groups with the Grandson shooting.
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