Out with the Optima
 

Beautiful day to go shooting! 36* and zero wind which made things very pleasant. Towards the end though while i was shooting for a dead accurate group, it started snowing, nothing hard but just enough to cause the target at 100 yards to go a bit blurry.

I weighed out some 100gr charges " 71gr Weight" Blackhorn209 and figured i'd play around with the 270gr Powerbelt Platinums. These suckers would only group at 2" at 100 yards when i first got the gun and that was with a whopping 70gr charge, anything over and it opened up. I don't know what the hell i've done to it since then, maybe just the barrel breaking in but what ever happened, i loved!



And for my buddy! Builder, i know you love seeing me in my pictures so i thought of you and took for just for you :woot:

Hey there buddy,i would expect nothing less from you.hell you even included pics of your rifle.i am a lil disappointed though,you forgot the CVA logo on the butt stock :cool2: on a side note,what's your impressions of the Bushnell DOA scope? Ray

Oh thats a Konus scope. I meant to reply to you about the DOA scope. That Aerolite test i posted earlier was from another using helping us out with the testing.

Heres a pretty detailed review on the DOA by one of my forum members though.
http://frontiermuzzleloadin.powergui...r-scope-review

Nope, no CVA sticker on the Stock LOL. I am working on my own logo for it however LOL. Or at least my forums name and maybe something simple like a set of antlers.

I read that review,what is your overall impression on the DOA ? Ray

i dont have a DOA so i couldnt tell you. Ive been looking at one along with a redfield so maybe one of these days i can buy one or the other and see how they are.

"Out with the Optima"

When I saw that topic I thought ol` MountainDevil had finally lost his mind. I worried his next thread might be "Out with Powerbelts". :s2:

I need to get some damn thors! If this gun gets any more accurate i may end up selling the thing due to boredom LOL.

don't say that stuff, last rifle I bought from you almost got me killed lol

MD have you ever tried the Gold Dots or Lehigh's. I don't know if you have so if you have sorry for asking. What about longer shots? ever 200-300yds?

havent shot 200 yards with these bullets yet. I have with the 295s and they grouped right at 1.5" @ 200.

300 yards is out of the question for me as i would never shoot that far with a muzzy. Its challenging enough with a centerfire LOL.

Ive some some lehighs in the past, but nothing recently.

Now i have tested some 300gr gold dots in my Optima without a sabot, using the bigger .500" speer and shooting them like a conical. Good results.