Optima 50 cal Range Report

[saxman1]

Went out to the range today with the CVA Optima in 50 ca.
A few months ago I replaced the factory stock with a camo thumbhole,I like it.
This is a rifle that I gave to a friend to use when I got my Encore,she loaned it to her brother for about a year,he shot some pelletts through it and put it up never cleaning it.
She asked me a while back if I wanted it back,I said sure.
Well,I got the flitz out and went to work.
It's shiney as a mirror now.

I put the scope from my crossbow on it.
It's a 4x32 with a multi line reticle for crossbows,it is listed as a xbow/shotgun/ML scope
Today I shot
CVA Optima 50 cal
Barska 4x32 crossbow scope
250 grn Shockwave (yelleow tip) with supplied black sabot
110 (by Volume) BH-209
CCI-M 209 primer
I only had time for one target as it started to rain.
You can see the streaks on the target.
Shot #1 was on a clean bore with new BP (I did not pop a cap)I adjusted scope for shot #2
Shot #2 was with scope adjustment for shot #3
Shot #3 no adjustment
Shot #4 no adjustment

This target is printed on standard paper

[Pglasgow]

Sorry to hear how your friend's brother didn't clean your optima but glad to hear that your were able to clean it up and that it is shooting well.

[gregrn43]

Looks like she's ready to go now. I dont enjoy loaning guns to people,

[cayugad]

That is a nice looking rifle you have there. And it seems to shoot pretty good to boot. Glad it was not damaged by someone else's irresponsible care. That looks like a nice light rifle too.


What goes through someone's head? Someone is kind enough to loan you a valuable piece of sporting goods equipment and you thank them by damaging it.

My experience with loaning was almost as bad. I had a person do that with one of my rifles. It could have been in ruff shape but he called to tell me about a deer he shot at opening day and missed. He missed two others two days later. So we were trying to figure out his problem. I asked him... did you sight it in like I told you to? NO he said, I figure you had it sighted in. Did you even shoot it to see where it hit? I never got around to it, he told me. Then I asked him... did you clean the rifle after you used it opening day? He then had the nerve to snicker and say... I guess I forgot. So when I told him perhaps he better return the rifle the next day, he protested like the devil. So I told him that if he damaged the rifle, he was going to purchase it from me. He did then clean the rifle, never got a shot the rest of the season, and returned it loaded. So I could shoot it off and then clean it. At least he told me it was loaded. I shot it off and it was not damaged. He wanted to borrow it the next year and I told him NO... buy your own.