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CVA Optima?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rem700addict" data-source="post: 708820" data-attributes="member: 42574"><p>I finally got some time to shoot the Optima a little. Overall i'm highly impressed with this muzzleloader. I bought the standard stainless barrell optima with the black comb stock and Konus BDC reticle scope from Dick's sportin goods (i'm not to proud to admit that but at $300 it was the best deal I could find). I did however go to a local hunitng shop and picked up some Blackhorn 209 and CCI 209M primers and I used a TC shockwave 250grn saboted bullet. My shooting conditions today was less then ideal, the wind was blowing over 10mph and our shooting platform was not the most solid platform i've shot from. I mainly just wanted to get the rifle on paper and get used to it. The overall fit of the rifle was nice, the stock fit good, the trigger was crisp and a little heavy but not near as heavy as my old Muzzleloader. I was quite surprised by the Konus scope as it was very clear and judging from my shooting results the BDC reticle was dead on. I loaded it with 65grns measured with my pocket scales by weight not volume so around 93grns by volume. I zeroed the top BDC hash at 50yrds to get it on paper and had it dead center, then moved back to 100yrds and shot my best group of 2". I know not the best but given my conditions and my concentration at the time I was quite pleased. I have to say the guy shoots better then my ability right now and I look forward to working on that in my next shooting session. Overall for a gun that is near the bottom of the inline price range it is a great shooting rifle and i'd recommend it to anyone. I fired a total of 10 or so rounds and not once did I have a hang fire or miss fire. I attribute a lot of that to the CCI magnum primers, I think they provided the fire needed to light the Blackhorn 209. I also noticed that I didn't get any backflash from the primer being loose when fired. I was a little shocked at this as most have been shimming the firing pin bushing to reduce blow back. My dad was shooting the same Optima as mine and he was using 777 and he had great results with it as well, even though when he pulled his breech plug out his flash hole looked a little dirtier then mine, he was just using Win shotshell primers. Now I can't wait to get it back out and work on those groups some more and push it a little further. I will say a couple of the small cons I found with this muzzleloader, 1. I wish they would have put some decent sling swivel studs on the stock 2. the palm swell could have been pushed back a little more to stretch out the trigger finger a little more, but that is personal preference. 3. The hammer extension could have been extended a slight bit more as the scope almost covers it up, it will make it interesting with heavy gloves. All my cons deal mainly with small personal querks which draw nothing away from the accuracy of this rifle. Hopefully I can get back out and shoot some more soon and get some picks to go with it as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rem700addict, post: 708820, member: 42574"] I finally got some time to shoot the Optima a little. Overall i'm highly impressed with this muzzleloader. I bought the standard stainless barrell optima with the black comb stock and Konus BDC reticle scope from Dick's sportin goods (i'm not to proud to admit that but at $300 it was the best deal I could find). I did however go to a local hunitng shop and picked up some Blackhorn 209 and CCI 209M primers and I used a TC shockwave 250grn saboted bullet. My shooting conditions today was less then ideal, the wind was blowing over 10mph and our shooting platform was not the most solid platform i've shot from. I mainly just wanted to get the rifle on paper and get used to it. The overall fit of the rifle was nice, the stock fit good, the trigger was crisp and a little heavy but not near as heavy as my old Muzzleloader. I was quite surprised by the Konus scope as it was very clear and judging from my shooting results the BDC reticle was dead on. I loaded it with 65grns measured with my pocket scales by weight not volume so around 93grns by volume. I zeroed the top BDC hash at 50yrds to get it on paper and had it dead center, then moved back to 100yrds and shot my best group of 2". I know not the best but given my conditions and my concentration at the time I was quite pleased. I have to say the guy shoots better then my ability right now and I look forward to working on that in my next shooting session. Overall for a gun that is near the bottom of the inline price range it is a great shooting rifle and i'd recommend it to anyone. I fired a total of 10 or so rounds and not once did I have a hang fire or miss fire. I attribute a lot of that to the CCI magnum primers, I think they provided the fire needed to light the Blackhorn 209. I also noticed that I didn't get any backflash from the primer being loose when fired. I was a little shocked at this as most have been shimming the firing pin bushing to reduce blow back. My dad was shooting the same Optima as mine and he was using 777 and he had great results with it as well, even though when he pulled his breech plug out his flash hole looked a little dirtier then mine, he was just using Win shotshell primers. Now I can't wait to get it back out and work on those groups some more and push it a little further. I will say a couple of the small cons I found with this muzzleloader, 1. I wish they would have put some decent sling swivel studs on the stock 2. the palm swell could have been pushed back a little more to stretch out the trigger finger a little more, but that is personal preference. 3. The hammer extension could have been extended a slight bit more as the scope almost covers it up, it will make it interesting with heavy gloves. All my cons deal mainly with small personal querks which draw nothing away from the accuracy of this rifle. Hopefully I can get back out and shoot some more soon and get some picks to go with it as well. [/QUOTE]
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