New England Firearms Sidekick Rifles

buckmastermn · 08-25-2006, 04:12 PM

I would like to hear if anyone has owned this muzzleloader and how it performs? Which gun would you buy, the Sidekick or a CVA Kodiak?
Thanks

Ideaman · 08-25-2006, 09:41 PM

NEF all the way. Price, simplicity. I have hade most brands of in-lines, none shot better many were more expensive.

Ideaman · 08-25-2006, 09:48 PM

Sorry, I did not anwer your question. I own one topped with a nikon buckmaster, shooting Barnes 245 boat tails and 150gr Pyrodex pellets. I hold consistent 2.5" or less groups at 100yrds.

Triple Se7en · 08-25-2006, 09:56 PM

Sidekick!

It's American-made and sports a wood stock.

acmetim · 08-31-2006, 06:17 AM

dont know the cva kodiak. but love my nef. mine is the huntsman though. not sure if there is a difference. i also bought a .243, a .357 mag., and a 12 ga slugger for mine. you cant do that with cva.
tim

MLKeith · 08-31-2006, 09:24 AM

You can add barrels to the Huntsman but not the Sidekick. Slightly different action dimensions that keep the Sidekick strickly a muzzleloader. You don't have to deal with the firearm rules with the Sidekick but do with the huntsman. They both should shoot the same as the barrels are the same except for the mountingboss.