Originally Posted by
Triple Se7en
Me too!
If the 30-50 number is correct and he's not using magnum powder loads, wabi needs to check his powder for contamination too. It would also be nice to know the amount of different bullets he's shot in those relatively new MLs. Plus has wabi tried different plastic sabots with those bullets?
One last thing wabi! Why would you get rid of an Omega to get a Traditions?..... or a Knight to buy a CVA? If it's taking you a few years to shoot 30-50 shots, that Omega and Disc ML wasn't anywhere near wore-out. Were you having accuracy issues with those too?....... is that why you sold them?
I bought the Traditions simply because the break open design is a bit easier to clean. The CVA was on sale and I had to bring it home with me.
When it comes to sabots/bullets I usually shoot whatever I can find at a good price to get sighted in, then use Barnes Expanders for hunting (after I confirm POI at the bench).
My powder is a few years old, but in my T/C Hawken with a Green Mountain LRH barrel I still get good groups (for open sights & my old eyes) at 100 yards. And I have an old CVA Staghorn that shoots accurately with it. I'm going to hunt with the Hawken this year, but wanted a scoped inline for my son to use. I have a good friend that will let him use one of his Knights (MK85 or Vision), so I may go that route, or I might just stick the Leupold on the CVA Staghorn and let him use it. Our hunting area changed this year when a nature preserve bought up the neighboring farm (where we had permission to hunt), so shots will be close with about 120 yards being the maximum. (Small fields & heavy woods.)
Thinking seriously about using the Traditions & CVA for boat anchors and buying another Knight.