Bought my first muzzleloader
 

I got my hands on a little extra money and before I wasted it on something like food or rent, I picked up a NEF Huntsman. You gotta love priorities.

I took it to the range and tried some 300 grain sabots pushed by 100 grains of pyrodex pellets. I was just shooting offhand and I got 1.5" groups at 40 yards with the factory sights. That's pretty good for me shooting offhand with any unscoped rifle. recoil was pretty much identicle to a 12 gauge shotgun firing a stout birdshot load.

The only thing I don't like about the gun is the telescoping ramrod. It has to be extended to pack in a load, and then retracted again for storage. This takes some time meaning a followup shot will be unlikely in a hunting situation. This is kind of a moot point due to the time it takes meto start a sabot down the barrel.

All in all a pretty good value for $170.

RE: Bought my first muzzleloader
 

Sounds like most of the range reports I read about the rifle.. They shoot excellent out of the box. And are a nice built rifle. Except the ramrod. Well I never use the ramrod that comes with the rifle except when hunting and then I really do not expect to use it. I expect to shoot the deer and be done with it for the day. I always use a range ramrod when shooting. They are stronger and there is a lot more that you can do with them that the one with the rifle need not be exposed too...

Congratulations on your rifle and good luck with it...