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Offline Aaron bosley

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« on: September 24, 2015, 08:12:41 PM »
I think i have a bighorn 50cal and normally shoot 100gr pellets for deer and elk. What would be the max powder I can safely shoot out of it?

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Re: Cva
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2015, 08:25:33 PM »
Some good advice I got was that with modern muzzleloader you don't have a long enough barrel to burn more then 120gr of powder so anymore is just blown out the barrel. I think they handle up to 150gr tho.


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Re: Cva
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2015, 11:09:51 PM »
bighorn or elkhorn? bighorn is a knight and an elkhorn is a cva. You should take a good look at what you actually have for the best advice/help along the way.

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Re: Cva
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2015, 06:34:22 AM »
bighorn or elkhorn? bighorn is a knight and an elkhorn is a cva. You should take a good look at what you actually have for the best advice/help along the way.

I think CVA also makes a buckhorn as well?
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Re: Cva
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2015, 08:00:43 AM »

We really need to know the rifle - there is a lot of difference in the max load of a Knight and older CVA's.
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Re: Cva
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2015, 08:09:03 AM »
The other think to keep in mind, you will only get about 100 fps out of that extra 25-30 grains. I would rather hit perfect slow than miss with a faster bullet.

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Re: Cva
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2015, 12:17:34 PM »
sorry I was at work when I posted it. its an elkhorn pro mag

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Re: Cva
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2015, 11:31:46 AM »
I have the elkhorn pro mag, the manual said 150 grains of FFg.. I never went over 110, accuracy fell off really fast at 110 grains

 


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