hey guys,
With CVA and Powerbelt coming on as Rokslide sponsors, we wanted to review a few of their guns/bullets and get you guys some feedback.
Sam @realunlucky took on the Paramount and has been pretty happy with it (see his project thread here https://www.rokslide.com/forums/threads/cva-paramount-pro-2020.180899/). The Paramount is their premier LR muzz.
I wanted to review something at the entry level because get a lot of “What gun for a newbie” questions and I was curious what a we could really expect from a modern entry-level gun. At around $235, if it works, the CVA Wolf could be a great for new hunters (and on up)
See https://cva.bpishopping.com/cva-muzzloaders/wolf.html
It was a perfect year to do this as my son Cash has a November muzzleloader deer tag again this year, so we ordered a Wolf (black stock, stainless steel barrel https://cva.bpishopping.com/shop/cva-muzzloaders/northwest-models/wolf-northwest-ss-black-50-fo.html) in the Northwest Legal version (musket cap only, no #11 option).
He’s busy with school so I’ll do all the load development then he can just practice with it once we get closer to season.
Today was first day at the range.
Gun is very light at 6.25lbs and only 39” long, even with a 24” barrel. It has a 14” LOP. Handles almost Iike a BB gun (in a good way), but kicks a lot harder
Usually I do load development with a scope but decided to give it a try with the included Durasight buckhorn style, fiber-optic sight. To note, the gun only has a 14.25” sight radius, which is short, so I wasn’t expecting excellent accuracy.
I set up at 50 yards, and started with the 295 grain full lead (Idaho legal) Powerbelt over 90 grains of Triple 7 (T7). they make a Blackhorn 209 Breech plug if you’re hunting in state that allows it, I always recommend Blackhorn if legal—faster, cleaner, and no swabbing between shots.
My first shot was 13” low. I was on paper so I just moved to 100 without moving the sight. Next shot was 26” low, so I moved the sight up the ramp several hash marks (absolutely no instructions included, or on their website, on sight operation.) Next two shots we’re 6” low, but an 8” group. (Sorry my target is so messy, I’ve been using it for several gun projects this summer).
I moved the sight up the ramp to 2nd to last hash mark and fired two more. Elevation about right, but another 8” group (both groups patterned right of bull, so I made that adjustment)
As I was adjusting the windage, I noticed the rear sight was very loose! Sure enough, the screw had loosened. I promptly tightened it and proceeded to strip the screw (head only not threads). But I got it tight.
I checked the front sight and I’ll be, it was just as loose! Dang! I was more careful not to strip out the screw, but still did. Turns out its a metric screw, and I was using a standard Alan head. Checking the parts bag, I found the correct wrench. OK, my bad, but man they were pretty easy to strip. (To note, the instructions say to loc-tite the sights). The sights were now tight, so I continued testing.
I jumped to 120 grains T7 and shot a 6” group. Decided to switch to a heavier bullet, so I switched to the 348 grain full lead Powerbelt.
Started at 110 grains of T7. Next group was 5-3/8”
I then jumped to 120 grains T7 and pow, 1-3/8 group! And dead-on at 100
That’s great shooting for a buckhorn style sight. I stopped there.
One real highlight of the gun is the breechplug. With over a dozen shots, I could remove it with no tools, just finger pressure. What a great feature. It had anti-seize on it from the factory.
It was easy to clean the break-open style gun once the breech plug was removed.
Other than the stripped-screw heads, pretty good first day with the gun.
Now I just need to decide if I upgrade to a peep before turning it over to Cash. Probably will as that’s what we’re used to shooting and they are typically more accurate, and I just like the sight picture of a peep better than buckhorn. And I can increase the sight radius. However, this buckhorn definitely can shoot at 100 just fine.
If you have any question, post ‘em up.
Thanks
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With CVA and Powerbelt coming on as Rokslide sponsors, we wanted to review a few of their guns/bullets and get you guys some feedback.
Sam @realunlucky took on the Paramount and has been pretty happy with it (see his project thread here https://www.rokslide.com/forums/threads/cva-paramount-pro-2020.180899/). The Paramount is their premier LR muzz.
I wanted to review something at the entry level because get a lot of “What gun for a newbie” questions and I was curious what a we could really expect from a modern entry-level gun. At around $235, if it works, the CVA Wolf could be a great for new hunters (and on up)
See https://cva.bpishopping.com/cva-muzzloaders/wolf.html
It was a perfect year to do this as my son Cash has a November muzzleloader deer tag again this year, so we ordered a Wolf (black stock, stainless steel barrel https://cva.bpishopping.com/shop/cva-muzzloaders/northwest-models/wolf-northwest-ss-black-50-fo.html) in the Northwest Legal version (musket cap only, no #11 option).
He’s busy with school so I’ll do all the load development then he can just practice with it once we get closer to season.
Today was first day at the range.
Gun is very light at 6.25lbs and only 39” long, even with a 24” barrel. It has a 14” LOP. Handles almost Iike a BB gun (in a good way), but kicks a lot harder
Usually I do load development with a scope but decided to give it a try with the included Durasight buckhorn style, fiber-optic sight. To note, the gun only has a 14.25” sight radius, which is short, so I wasn’t expecting excellent accuracy.
I set up at 50 yards, and started with the 295 grain full lead (Idaho legal) Powerbelt over 90 grains of Triple 7 (T7). they make a Blackhorn 209 Breech plug if you’re hunting in state that allows it, I always recommend Blackhorn if legal—faster, cleaner, and no swabbing between shots.
My first shot was 13” low. I was on paper so I just moved to 100 without moving the sight. Next shot was 26” low, so I moved the sight up the ramp several hash marks (absolutely no instructions included, or on their website, on sight operation.) Next two shots we’re 6” low, but an 8” group. (Sorry my target is so messy, I’ve been using it for several gun projects this summer).
I moved the sight up the ramp to 2nd to last hash mark and fired two more. Elevation about right, but another 8” group (both groups patterned right of bull, so I made that adjustment)
As I was adjusting the windage, I noticed the rear sight was very loose! Sure enough, the screw had loosened. I promptly tightened it and proceeded to strip the screw (head only not threads). But I got it tight.
I checked the front sight and I’ll be, it was just as loose! Dang! I was more careful not to strip out the screw, but still did. Turns out its a metric screw, and I was using a standard Alan head. Checking the parts bag, I found the correct wrench. OK, my bad, but man they were pretty easy to strip. (To note, the instructions say to loc-tite the sights). The sights were now tight, so I continued testing.
I jumped to 120 grains T7 and shot a 6” group. Decided to switch to a heavier bullet, so I switched to the 348 grain full lead Powerbelt.
Started at 110 grains of T7. Next group was 5-3/8”
I then jumped to 120 grains T7 and pow, 1-3/8 group! And dead-on at 100
That’s great shooting for a buckhorn style sight. I stopped there.
One real highlight of the gun is the breechplug. With over a dozen shots, I could remove it with no tools, just finger pressure. What a great feature. It had anti-seize on it from the factory.
It was easy to clean the break-open style gun once the breech plug was removed.
Other than the stripped-screw heads, pretty good first day with the gun.
Now I just need to decide if I upgrade to a peep before turning it over to Cash. Probably will as that’s what we’re used to shooting and they are typically more accurate, and I just like the sight picture of a peep better than buckhorn. And I can increase the sight radius. However, this buckhorn definitely can shoot at 100 just fine.
If you have any question, post ‘em up.
Thanks
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