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I never realized how much I could enjoy shooting BP.
Does anybody shoot black powder ?
I never did until this year, and then, only because I researched some powder ,called Blackhorn 209.
Then back in the summer I bought the CVA Optima V2 .50 cal pistol.
I finally shot it last weekend, HOLY CRAP, what a beast.
I had mounted a Simmons handgun scope....get this......
I loaded the bore with 80 gr (volume) of the Blackhorn 209, shoved a Hornady XTP 240gr .45 mag bullet, wrapped in a 50 to 45 sabot, placed a Remington 209 shotgun primer int the breech plug, aimed it at a paper target at 25yrds, free hand,.....dang...first shot was dead center bullseye, ha! no need to sight inscope. Fired off 2 more shots ...almost same hole, (lucky? dunno, I had about 4-6 witnesses).
At 80 gr powder ..the recoil is similar to the S&W 460 magnum, so I started increasing by 10 gr at atime.
@ 120 gr , its running at aboot 2200 fps, but recoil is barely manageable,
Dirty Harry once said" A man has got to know his limitations" ...
I found mine at 130 gr of powder.(the gun will safely shoot 150 gr )
Im now looking at getting its big brother in Long gun ..
Heres my CVA Optima [email protected] .50 cal.



Jim
Does anybody shoot black powder ?
I never did until this year, and then, only because I researched some powder ,called Blackhorn 209.
Then back in the summer I bought the CVA Optima V2 .50 cal pistol.
I finally shot it last weekend, HOLY CRAP, what a beast.
I had mounted a Simmons handgun scope....get this......
I loaded the bore with 80 gr (volume) of the Blackhorn 209, shoved a Hornady XTP 240gr .45 mag bullet, wrapped in a 50 to 45 sabot, placed a Remington 209 shotgun primer int the breech plug, aimed it at a paper target at 25yrds, free hand,.....dang...first shot was dead center bullseye, ha! no need to sight inscope. Fired off 2 more shots ...almost same hole, (lucky? dunno, I had about 4-6 witnesses).
At 80 gr powder ..the recoil is similar to the S&W 460 magnum, so I started increasing by 10 gr at atime.
@ 120 gr , its running at aboot 2200 fps, but recoil is barely manageable,
Dirty Harry once said" A man has got to know his limitations" ...
I found mine at 130 gr of powder.(the gun will safely shoot 150 gr )
Im now looking at getting its big brother in Long gun ..
Heres my CVA Optima [email protected] .50 cal.



Jim