CVA Optima

80gr by volume Blackhorn under a 300gr Barnes MX Expander. Shoots almost 1 hole at 100 yards and my longest kill was 180 and the deer dropped in his tracks.

my Optima like the 150grain 777 pellets withe 330 grain ELD powerbelt out to around 150 yards , been contemplating swapping to loose powder.

Mine like the 84grs by weight of blackhorn. A hornady 250gr sst bullet. I bought 6 packs of hornady 290gr bore driver bullets. To see how accurate they are. But mine shoots the 250gr sst good. Not worth trying the 290gr bore driver bullets. That is a 1 inch circle. A 3 shot group at 100 yds.

nwmnbowhunter said:

80gr weigt blackhorn 209
Hornady 250 sst with black harvester sabot

Shoots awesome. Right at one moa up to 250 yards.

I did a ladder test. Know your max load, start there and start backing off couple grains at a time until you see a node where they are hitting together.

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Was that the optima v2 or the optima v2 LR

Coco1990 said:

Was that the optima v2 or the optima v2 LR

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V2 - Not LR

nwmnbowhunter said:

V2 - Not LR

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What were your groups at that range. I'm thinking about going back to the optima here soon

Coco1990 said:

What were your groups at that range. I'm thinking about going back to the optima here soon

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1 moa or just touch more. At 250 well under 5 inches

I have the blackhorn breech plug

Hey guys, just wanted to drop a update. My CVA OPTIMA V2 LR, absolutely rocked this season. My load info is 79.0 grains, BH209, weighed, which is around 112-115 grains volume , and using 250 grain Barnes fb, EZ. Actual velocity is like 2050. I shot 4 beautiful whitetails, 3 monster doe, and a broken up 8 pointer, giant body. Three of them never took a step. The first one, was heart shot, did the death kick, ran thirty yards, SOOOO fast, it ran into a tree, and broke its lower jaw, leaving a pie plate size blood splat on the tree. Shots were between 75-95 yards. My gun loves this load, and is incredibly accurate. I did add the Vari-flame system, and breech plug, and am using Federal 215gmm primers.
By far, the most accurate muzzleloader I've ever owned, or shot. Hope every one either had a great season, or still are. Best of luck to all. 7STW