The CVA is a very sturdy rifle with a tight lockup. Mine is an easy 100 yards rifle. I shoot the Hornady 240XTP bullet in home loads. I find the Winchester White Box 240 grain a good off the shelf ammo.
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The CVA is a very sturdy rifle with a tight lockup. Mine is an easy 100 yards rifle. I shoot the Hornady 240XTP bullet in home loads. I find the Winchester White Box 240 grain a good off the shelf ammo.
He said good accuracy, so I'd bet that his loads were underwhelming terminally below a certain velocity threshold. For someone who's already used to muzzleloader hunting, I'd say you already have a good idea of what to expect. I, like other folks, took a bit to adjust my mentality/expectations for performance from high speed rifle rounds to slower handgun and muzzleloader rounds. On deer, I've always liked to detonate grenades inside the chest cavity, exit wounds were ofter present but rarely a requirement. Thinking about just punching a hole straight on through took some getting used to.... and I still prefer loads like buffalo bore's "deer grenade" for a LOT of work lol.
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I'm thinking a 315 grain hard cast bullet with a big wide meplat will punch through one at anything over 800-900 fps.
It will be fun to tinker with.
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mine is totally consistent at 100 yards with the 240gr jsp Winchesters inside that it should be a deer hammer for you, those Winchester jsp have been bagging deer here in the South East for ages, if you want a little more umph you can try Federal 270gr Hammer Down
Did shoot a deer in November with it. 240 grain JHP and 21.5 grains of oid 2400 that I loaded in 2004 for my 29 when IL began its slow journey out of the dark ages and allowed deer hunting with a handgun. Double lung at 68 lasered yards. It ran 25 yards uphill, fell and rolled about the same distance down.
Wish the gun was blue and walnut.
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trajectory rainbowed like a rock .or so i thought. got a used 35 whelen instead really like it!!
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trajectory rainbowed like a rock .or so i thought. got a used 35 whelen instead really like it!!
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That isn't surprising. A big heavy bullet only starting out at only 1,500-1,600 fps isn't going to be a flat shooter.
Even .45-70s going substantially faster drops quickly.
I think if I can get it dialed in at 100, it will be fine for what I'm doing with it. Shouldn't be much different than a muzzleloader with modern propellants and bullets. At least it seems like it should be.
