CVA Optima

[Backwoods7]

Im looking for a newer muzzelloader and came across the newly designed cva optima. I like it alot better than the older ones and walmart here has a staneless/synthetic one for 218!!so im tempted should i? Are they good?thanks

[MountainDevil54]

Heck yeah they are more than good.

[cayugad]

I was at Gander Mountain yesterday. They had a CVA stainless Optima with shooters kit for $289.00. It was on a cardboard back so I could not really examine it, but it looked nice.

Mountain Devil 54 has a lot of experience with CVA rifles. He seems to be able to make them shoot real well. And he hunts with them. So they do work for him. I am not sure if that is a good price, but it sounds ok to me.

[Muley Hunter]

If you're going to use a scope. You'll be happier with the thumbhole stock. It's higher and designed to use with a scope only.

I'm not fond of the looks of a TH stock, but I like a nice cheek weld when looking through a scope. So, I went with it. Maybe the looks will grow on me after awhile.

[nchawkeye]

I hate to keep showing this as you guys might think I'm pushing CVA when I actually own a Knight...At any rate, I had a buddy that bought the stainless barrel, with the camo, thumbhole stock
from WalMart for $287...He also bought a Nikon ProStaff scope...I mounted and worked up a load, this is what I ended up with...I used 300gr Hornady .430 XTPs, 80grs of FFF Goex and a Harvester plain green sabot...

I would also get the thumbhole stock, I didn't like it until I shot it...

Your hand absorbs a ton of recoil...I actually got it fairly close with 80grs of Goex and the 240gr Hornadys before switching to the 300s...That load had very little felt recoil...

[pluckit]

Please be careful when you post targets like that, shot with a rifle with a price like that, that I know is a good rifle with a pretty nice trigger. Weak men with no need for another muzzle loader are too easily tempted by such posts.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter, pluckit.