bob
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Post by bob on Apr 15, 2018 11:54:02 GMT -5
I attended a Hunter Education training/conference yesterday and won a door prize, a CVA muzzle loader. Looking forward to shooting it smoke and all. For accessories, I am considering a silencer and a bump stock and probably a high capacity magazine, may have to get GWS involved with that.  |
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poohzilla
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Post by poohzilla on Apr 15, 2018 13:31:13 GMT -5
Bob, don't forget the bayonet and grenade launcher ! What model ? Inline or sidelock ? Fun in any event !
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bob
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Post by bob on Apr 15, 2018 14:27:00 GMT -5
Pooh,I don't want the bayonet to close for comfort but the grenade launcher............ unfortunately an inline Wolfe, but still looking for fun!
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poohzilla
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Give me a place to stand and a long-enough lever, and I will invariably break the lever.
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Post by poohzilla on Apr 15, 2018 16:06:16 GMT -5
If CVA's claims about the breechplug hold up, it should be easy to clean. Can you still use the dreaded Pb in muzzleloaders in the PRC ?
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SnapShot
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Post by SnapShot on Apr 15, 2018 17:41:58 GMT -5
Congratulations Bob !
Let us know when the smoke clears.
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bob
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Post by bob on Apr 15, 2018 18:30:37 GMT -5
Pooh, with regard to Pb for a while longer on private lands.
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gws
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Post by gws on Apr 17, 2018 19:12:01 GMT -5
Bob....leave you alone for five minutes and you go back in time! Hope you at least got younger for the trouble.
When I was young I got two black powder rifles for Christmas. A Hawken 54 cal. and a CVA Kentucky Rifle 30 cal.......both in kit form. Oh the horrors trying to get those built. I did not possess my infinite patience in those days. Finished the Hawken.....went to a local black powder club meeting to learn how to clean one after a shoot................................................sold it by the week end, and the unfinished CVA too....never looked back! Although I buy RCBS progressives, I swear, I am not a masochist! Stupid......maybe.
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bob
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Post by bob on Apr 17, 2018 23:02:52 GMT -5
I hear ya Greg. cleaning sounds a little daunting. This one has a S.S. barrel and what is worse synthetic stocks my first of those also.
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dangun
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Post by dangun on Apr 28, 2018 23:03:33 GMT -5
I still have and shoot two smoke poles. One is a Hawken 50 cal. and the other is a Hawken 54 cal. both came in kit form and I loved building them. Cleaning has never been a big problem for me. I dunk the barrels in a bluing tank filled with boiling water. I then blow them out with compressed air followed by a shot or two of wd40. For me the fun of shooting them out weighs all the crap you have to go through to clean them.
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bob
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Post by bob on Apr 28, 2018 23:28:09 GMT -5
Thanks for the idea Dan, I have a metal fishing rod case which I made years ago and the size is just right and it is water tight, along with my 3 burner propane camp stove should do the trick.
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dangun
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Post by dangun on May 1, 2018 2:48:20 GMT -5
Bob I hope it works as good for you has it has for me. Black powder residue seems to melt away in hot water!
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My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
Pooh I hope you find to right house . 
