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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: MountainDevil54 on December 27, 2014, 12:57:32 PM

Title: Patterning the Shotgun muzzy!
Post by: MountainDevil54 on December 27, 2014, 12:57:32 PM: Not feeling the best today with some kind of flu, but I had enough of laying around waiting to feel better.

Went out to 35 yards with the CVA Hawken 12g and loaded up 70gr Goex 2f, 1 1/8oz, over powder wad, 1oz lead shot,thick wad and of course the over shot card.
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Backed it down to 1oz 7 1/2 shot and NO thick wad.
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Once I feel better I can play around with powder/shot charges.

Recoil is not bad at all! 70gr with 1 1/8oz really started to show the recoil but still not in the 20 gauge shotgun level.

If grouse season were tomorrow, I'd be hunting.
Title: Re: Patterning the Shotgun muzzy!
Post by: Smokepole on December 28, 2014, 09:11:24 AM: Nice. That's better than I can shoot with my 870 :chuckle: That would make a nice turkey gun. :tup:
Title: Re: Patterning the Shotgun muzzy!
Post by: kevinlisa06 on December 28, 2014, 05:25:14 PM: Smooth bore barrel?

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Title: Re: Patterning the Shotgun muzzy!
Post by: MountainDevil54 on December 28, 2014, 06:12:39 PM: of course, its a 12 gauge.
Title: Re: Patterning the Shotgun muzzy!
Post by: kevinlisa06 on December 28, 2014, 07:30:34 PM: I'm looking for a 12ga where did ya get yours at any help would be appreciated

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Title: Re: Patterning the Shotgun muzzy!
Post by: MountainDevil54 on December 28, 2014, 10:03:17 PM: I bought mine as a combo kit rifle .50cal/12gauge. Its pretty much non existent to find a CVA Hawken with a shotgun barrel but there are quite a few other brands that are easier to find like TC, Knight that had offered BP shotguns.
Title: Re: Patterning the Shotgun muzzy!
Post by: kevinlisa06 on December 29, 2014, 09:41:22 PM: Yeah I have a CVA .54 Hawken rifle. Thinking I'm going to call CVA

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Title: Re: Patterning the Shotgun muzzy!
Post by: MountainDevil54 on December 30, 2014, 11:11:16 AM: cva wont have any stuff like that in stock for the sidelocks, they sold all of that off to another company. I even called deer creek products which has all the old cva stuff and they just went quiet when i asked about a hawken shotgun barrel, they never heard of it. :chuckle: