Anyone have imput on the CVA Optima

Getting into muzzle loading this season. If you have experiance with these, I would love to hear your thoughts.

Z

ta the world of muzzle loading...
some one will be with you shortly...

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

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!

S1R,

Tell me about what you are loading it with. I am very excited to get mine.

Z

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.

Picked one up on muzzle-loader.com. best prices, 3 day shipping and no tax. Very excited to see it.

Z

Find some BH209 powder and Scorpion PT Gold Sabots and you will be in for a treat for sure! Easily a 150yd+ gun.

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.

Colt 45, this forum is kinda like wet powder, slow to take off some times.

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).