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  1. Well I have arrived here at Adobe lodge. 8 guys in camp and I'm the new guy here. No doubt Texas is a completely different world next to what I'm used to in the woods.

    Yesterday afternoon was our first hunt of our adventure. A big fat goose egg for me on my first sit but 2 guys did score on bucks.

     

     

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  2. 6 minutes ago, Norm Moser said:

    Legacy, I have the same muzzleloader and had the same results. I went through $100s in powder and bullets in every combo with the same results as you I even put a different scope on it made sure every thing was tight and nothing changed. My Thompson pro hunter shoots 1 inch groups at 100 yards. I am interested in what CVA has to say with your gun when you send it back, maybe a bad run of guns who knows. I have been trying for a long time to get this thing to shoot and like you just gave up on it. I do agree what most people say about powerbelts and expansion being not good. by the why CVA  and Powerbelt are owned by the same company so no surprise  CVA would push powerbelt. When and if you get an answer let us know

     

    Im curious too. I figure best case scenario is they install a new barrel and worst case they tell me everything is fine and ship it back to me. I have shot a bunch of different ammo out of it (with the blackhorn 209) and have not been impressed.

    Correct powerbelt is owned by CVA and I actually doubted their suggestion at first because of it.

  3. With all the drama with my CVA accura v2 I decided to buy another gun while I wait for CVA to diagnose my gun issue. I purchased a new CVA Optima V2 with a nitride barrel (same gun as a accura v2 just current model). Today I did some bullet testing and in the end the new gun shot very good. Now that I have a clear winner with ammo I need to spend some time fine tuning.

    So CVA recommends using ELR powerbelts and 120 grains (volume) of black horn . My three bullet combos that I shot were ELR powerbelts, Barnes spit fire tmz w/ standard yellow sabot, and Barnes spit fire with harvester ribbed sabots. The results in the end were no doubt in favor of the powerbelts even with making scope adjustments between shots. (6 round target =powerbelts and 4 round target is Barnes spit fire tmz). The shots using the harvester sabots never hit paper so I halted that experiment Immediately.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  4. Well the muzzleloader drama continues...

    I went and shot my CVA accura v2 a couple weeks ago and the results were terrible. (Let me just say that since I purchased this gun I have not been impressed).

    To back up a bit.... last year I missed two bucks at 55 yards and thought it was an issue with the scope. A new scope was purchased and the gun seemed to shoot ok after that but not great. Fast forward to this year. My first shot out of the gun at the range this year was 12" high at 100 yards. After a couple dozen rounds and few different powder measurements I just gave up. 110 grains (volume) of black horn and Barnes spit fire tmz bullets are the combo that has been highly recommended to me and that's what I have tried to make work. However the gun continues to be terribly inconsistent. I contacted CVA and they requested that I ship the gun to them. I'm waiting to hear from them. I'm hoping they swap the barrel and ship it back to me but who knows.

    Picture= the last three shots at the range that day. 100 yards from a lead sled.

     

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  5. 7 hours ago, sectvchamps1113 said:

    Last Friday I went to see my dad and do a little work for him and  right away I knew things weren’t right. He could barely walk and when asked to go to the hospital or urgent care he declined and said take the kids home and go hunting. After a late start I got set up and reached for my phone to text my father and plead once again to go to the hospital.  He declined again and ten minutes later I had a few does and a smaller buck come out and make a scrape.  As I watched him a doe came out and behind her in the brush I noticed another buck. He came out and proceeded to chase the doe away from me from ninety to one hundred and sixty yards. First shot with the new smokeless muzzleloader I built last year and he dropped.  At 4:10 pm I called dad to let him know, he’s always the first call and was very excited.  Dad fell on Sunday and laid on the ground for over eight hours before my sister got to him. Later that night we learned his pain and inability to walk was due to tumors on his spine, lungs and liver.  I have to believe there was some intervention or a higher power that put that deer in front of me. I put very little time into gun hunting over the years because I love hunting with the bow.  This was the first descent buck I have ever shot at. He was the reason I built the new gun. I added dads, my uncles and kids initials to the bolt handle to remind me of the special people in my life and those no longer here.  As of now we await dads prognosis. He has had six CAT scans and four MRI’s and my heart breaks as the man who’s taught me everything I know is struggling.  I always thought I was the best at everything I did whether it was hunting , fishing, or any of the sports I played growing up. I now realize he was the best, as he gave me the best spots when we went hunting and always was a little slower to grab the pole when we trolled.  With so much uncertainty surrounding him right now I know I won with him as my dad. 

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    Congrats on the buck and hopefully everything works out for your dad. 

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