ORIGINAL: Kathwacckkk
To make a long story short, I am in the market for a new muzzleloaderdue to a burglary. The burglary took all 5 of my guns (muzzleloader, 2 glocks and a special pupose Remington 11-87) and ammunition. I owned the CVA Kodiak.50 Cal Mag and was happy with the preformance.Icurrently have the choice down to the following three: TC Omega, TC Triumph and theCVA Kodiak Pro. I was hoping people could give me their opinions on these three guns. Also, it appears the TC guns recommend the Sabots, but I have always liked the Powerbelts. Anybody have any experience with the TC guns and Powerbelts? I realize I will have to work up some loads in the final gun to see what it likes, but any help would be appreciated to shorten the learning curve.
I have learned a great deal about muzzleloading and enjoyed it more because of the help on this forum.Therefore, I was looking to see what experience everybody has had and what you would recommend.
Thanks!
My recommendation is to buy the TC Triumph, cause it is easy to clean, accurate and shoots excellent.I have an Omega, but I would buy the Triumph today, they didn't haveit when I bought my Omega, basically it is an "upgraded Omega", speed breech, etc, you know the deal. I also recommend you to not shoot the PBs, and shoot either Barnes MZ, TMZ, Nosler Partitions or Speer Gold Dots. You don't need a tough bullet on "bow shots", but raking shots or shots not well placed you need to shoot thru bone and not fragement. PB will only shoot "low power" (<1400 fps), so they don't fragment. My personal experience with PB is terrible and so I can't recommend them, many have other experiences, butdo a search on "Powerbeltfragments" and you will see what I mean. Now do aGoogle search on "Barnes fragments" or "Nosler Partition Fragments" and see what ya find. Fragmentation leads to non-penetration and non-penetration leads to non-lethal hit.
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