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Muzzleloader Hunting
Going to pick up a muzzy, had to give up archery. Advice needed
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<blockquote data-quote="Sam4886" data-source="post: 2280381" data-attributes="member: 117243"><p>I'm guessing COhntr means you'll be in Colorado. I'm in Washington, so our laws are a bit different, but as I recall Colorado is even more restrictive. No scopes, no sabots, no smokeless powder right? What's the status on 209 primers or other modern ignition systems? Does the breech have to be open to the elements? Can you have fiber optic sights?</p><p></p><p>That's just off the top of my head, so I may be wrong. You'll have to confirm all of the above for CO or wherever you're planning on hunting. </p><p></p><p>I started with the heavy *** old octagon barrel side locks shooting round balls and maxi balls. I've since upgraded to a traditions vortek then again to the rem 700 UML. Both have been great. I'd stay away from the striker fire system on the traditions. My hunting buddies both have CVA optimas that have been good to go too. My dad bought a T/C break action of some sort that works just fine too. </p><p></p><p>The CVA ram rod with the palm pad thing is the best I've used. </p><p></p><p>The 700 is supposedly designed for the powder pellets, so that's what I use. You'll see lots of guys upgrade the ignition system so they can use blackhorn, but with no scopes and stuff here I don't see the need. 2 magnum pellets is 120 gr equivalent with a 260 gr scorpion PT gold in a crush rib sabot shoots about an inch and a half at 100 yards with iron sights. The 700 is the heaviest of all the rifles mentioned here and it uses a standard 700 action so it has to go through an FFL. </p><p></p><p>I used the same powder/bullet combo in the traditions when I had to use musket caps instead of modern ignition systems. It wasnt as reliable with musket caps as the 700 is now, but WA changed a few years back to let us use 209/modern primers so it's not really an apples to apples comparison. </p><p></p><p>I like the western precision sight set from Williams, but the front sight can be tough to see against very dark backgrounds. Its kind of a pros and cons thing against a rear peep/front fiber set up. More precision vs better visibility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sam4886, post: 2280381, member: 117243"] I'm guessing COhntr means you'll be in Colorado. I'm in Washington, so our laws are a bit different, but as I recall Colorado is even more restrictive. No scopes, no sabots, no smokeless powder right? What's the status on 209 primers or other modern ignition systems? Does the breech have to be open to the elements? Can you have fiber optic sights? That's just off the top of my head, so I may be wrong. You'll have to confirm all of the above for CO or wherever you're planning on hunting. I started with the heavy *** old octagon barrel side locks shooting round balls and maxi balls. I've since upgraded to a traditions vortek then again to the rem 700 UML. Both have been great. I'd stay away from the striker fire system on the traditions. My hunting buddies both have CVA optimas that have been good to go too. My dad bought a T/C break action of some sort that works just fine too. The CVA ram rod with the palm pad thing is the best I've used. The 700 is supposedly designed for the powder pellets, so that's what I use. You'll see lots of guys upgrade the ignition system so they can use blackhorn, but with no scopes and stuff here I don't see the need. 2 magnum pellets is 120 gr equivalent with a 260 gr scorpion PT gold in a crush rib sabot shoots about an inch and a half at 100 yards with iron sights. The 700 is the heaviest of all the rifles mentioned here and it uses a standard 700 action so it has to go through an FFL. I used the same powder/bullet combo in the traditions when I had to use musket caps instead of modern ignition systems. It wasnt as reliable with musket caps as the 700 is now, but WA changed a few years back to let us use 209/modern primers so it's not really an apples to apples comparison. I like the western precision sight set from Williams, but the front sight can be tough to see against very dark backgrounds. Its kind of a pros and cons thing against a rear peep/front fiber set up. More precision vs better visibility. [/QUOTE]
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