Bought my first muzzleloader
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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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.
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.
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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...
Congratulations on your rifle and good luck with it...