Last year I bought my Dad a CVA wolf for a starter ML. We only shot it a few times since Christmas was two days before ML season here in Ohio and I can not remember any problems with it from last year. But this year I bought him some of the hornady Bullets with the red sabot, that is what I shoot out of my knight and I like them so I figured we would try them in his rifle. The problem is they are real tight going in. The barrel is clean, nice and glossy. The only thing this gun has shot has been triple seven. I can load them, they are tight but I can get them down, hand will hurt when done, but can do it,they shoot great. just as good as my knight, which loads normal. Dad is 63 I think and he cant do it with out bumping the rod against something, and that is not good. My question is what is a good load that he should be able to load with no problems? The gun shop told me that alot of guys cant load the red honady's and use the power belts. But I also remember alot of guys on here saying the power belts do not have good weight retention. Any comments on this would be great. Sorry I don't get over here much, spend most of my time in the CB forum. Happy hunting.