Northwest guns got better!

[grousefether]

Muzzloaders.com said they would have the wolf northwest back in stock thursday. I will be ordering mine then.  By far the best price around. This will be my first muzzleloader. Any advice for hunting in the rain or snow?

[MountainDevil54]

electrical tape over the breech plug area in the rain 

[MarkyMark]

When you say misfire, do you mean the hammer hitting the cap, and the cap just not going off?

Yes. That kind of misfire. I also found that if I removed the spent musket cap before patching between shots the fire chamber/ nipple seems to not gunk up as much. But that is purely my anecdotal assumption.

[raydog]

Muzzloaders.com said they would have the wolf northwest back in stock thursday. I will be ordering mine then.  By far the best price around. This will be my first muzzleloader. Any advice for hunting in the rain or snow?

Do it! I love mine, i think it is the perfect little gun for WA.

[Bmcox86]

Muzzloaders.com said they would have the wolf northwest back in stock thursday. I will be ordering mine then.  By far the best price around. This will be my first muzzleloader. Any advice for hunting in the rain or snow?

Do you mean next Thursday cause today is Thursday? I ordered mine from them Monday and they are going to ship it when it comes in

[grousefether]

Yeah they told me they wouldn't have any in stock till next Thursday. Gotta wait till next paycheck anyway.... this weeks fun money went to brakes on the 4 runner. Maintenance on the huntin rig is just as important as sighting in a gun in my opinion

[d.winsor]

The testing of the CVA Wolf Northwest continues!

Last week I shot my Wolf Northwest using the 350gr Hornady FPB, 320gr T/C Maxi-Ball, and 348gr PowerBelt AeroTip. I also tried Hodgen's 777 powder to see how it would work in it.

Bottom line up front: the Hornady FPB did pretty well, the 348gr PowerBelt also did well, but slightly less so, and the T/C Maxi-Ball was a dismal failure.

Unfortunately, I also had a number of hang fires with the 777. The hang fires were very short, but did not do good things for my accuracy. I'm not sure if I have a bad batch of powder, or if hang fires are just a fact of life when shooting 777 with musket caps. Does anybody have any insight on this issue?

Finally, I just ordered some Thor bullets as well. When they arrive, I'll give them a shot and let you know how they work for me.

I've updated my review to reflect these new results and you can read the details below if you're interested.
http://thebiggamehuntingblog.com/2014/06/cva-wolf-northwest-review/





I thought you said your 777 was 3 years old, I don't use 777 but I have read numerous times that old 777 will give those kinds of problems.  Just thought I'd mention it.

[The Big Game Hunter]

The testing of the CVA Wolf Northwest continues!

Last week I shot my Wolf Northwest using the 350gr Hornady FPB, 320gr T/C Maxi-Ball, and 348gr PowerBelt AeroTip. I also tried Hodgen's 777 powder to see how it would work in it.

Bottom line up front: the Hornady FPB did pretty well, the 348gr PowerBelt also did well, but slightly less so, and the T/C Maxi-Ball was a dismal failure.

Unfortunately, I also had a number of hang fires with the 777. The hang fires were very short, but did not do good things for my accuracy. I'm not sure if I have a bad batch of powder, or if hang fires are just a fact of life when shooting 777 with musket caps. Does anybody have any insight on this issue?

Finally, I just ordered some Thor bullets as well. When they arrive, I'll give them a shot and let you know how they work for me.

I've updated my review to reflect these new results and you can read the details below if you're interested.
http://thebiggamehuntingblog.com/2014/06/cva-wolf-northwest-review/

I thought you said your 777 was 3 years old, I don't use 777 but I have read numerous times that old 777 will give those kinds of problems.  Just thought I'd mention it.

Thanks for the input. Yeah, my 77 is pretty old and I'm not surprised it was giving me problems. I'll probably buy another batch and see how it works for me. Anybody have recommendations for any other type of black powder substitute in addition to 777?

[raydog]

The testing of the CVA Wolf Northwest continues!

Last week I shot my Wolf Northwest using the 350gr Hornady FPB, 320gr T/C Maxi-Ball, and 348gr PowerBelt AeroTip. I also tried Hodgen's 777 powder to see how it would work in it.

Bottom line up front: the Hornady FPB did pretty well, the 348gr PowerBelt also did well, but slightly less so, and the T/C Maxi-Ball was a dismal failure.

Unfortunately, I also had a number of hang fires with the 777. The hang fires were very short, but did not do good things for my accuracy. I'm not sure if I have a bad batch of powder, or if hang fires are just a fact of life when shooting 777 with musket caps. Does anybody have any insight on this issue?

Finally, I just ordered some Thor bullets as well. When they arrive, I'll give them a shot and let you know how they work for me.

I've updated my review to reflect these new results and you can read the details below if you're interested.
http://thebiggamehuntingblog.com/2014/06/cva-wolf-northwest-review/

I thought you said your 777 was 3 years old, I don't use 777 but I have read numerous times that old 777 will give those kinds of problems.  Just thought I'd mention it.

Thanks for the input. Yeah, my 77 is pretty old and I'm not surprised it was giving me problems. I'll probably buy another batch and see how it works for me. Anybody have recommendations for any other type of black powder substitute in addition to 777?

I'm pretty much a total muzzy noob, but for the little bit of research 777 seems to be the one of the best. There is this stuff called blackhorn 209 that had really good reviews, but beings I'm such a noob I was confused because it said 209.lol

[raydog]

" Blackhorn 209 is recommended for high-performance muzzleloaders with 209 primer ignition systems where the primer is TOTALLY enclosed. Not for use with any special muzzleloading primers, #11, musket or high-powered rifle primers. This powder is not suitable for sidelock muzzleloaders."

Never mind the black horn stuff!

[MarkyMark]

I was at Sunbirds in Chehalis today and they have a bunch of RWS musket caps and #11s.

[Damnimissed]

I was at Sunbirds in Chehalis today and they have a bunch of RWS musket caps and #11s.

Hey, that's my stash!

[MarkyMark]

That stash got a little lighter tonight. Hahaha. I was hoping they had 777 loose powder in stock but struck out on that.

[Damnimissed]

Weird, they usually have it. You might wanna check Joe's at the sprawling Lewis Co mall.

[MarkyMark]

There was an empty spot on the shelf for it.
What is joes and where is this sprawling mall? I'm actually from Oly.