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Hi Guy,
I figured that I would share my first outing with the Stainless Ultralight. I bought the ultralight used last March and have just finally had a chance to go shooting. The plan was to shoot the Ultralight and Stainless Omega X7 allowing each to cool after about 3 shots. I put on a new scope on the X7.
The Ultralight is a bare primer version with a older Nikon Inline XR and Nikon scope mounts. The rifle took about 10 shots to 0 at 100 yards. All I can say is WOW. The rifle shoots really well, the load was .40 cal SST with blue sabot, 85 grains Blackhorn 209 and W209 primers. The rifle has a super soft recoil with that load. I like shooting this rifle more than the X7 at this point. The only negative things I could say would be, the rifle is a pain to clean and loading the primer could be a challenge to load with glove on. The weight is fantastic compared to my mountaineer with synthetic stock.
A few things I have noted that I really like are,
The barrel is matte in color as compared to the mountaineer.
The the attention to detail is way above my other muzzleloaders. Examples are barrel crown, stock fit, trigger safety, trigger pull ect.
While I love my Omega X7's, they are likely to sit this year out. The Ultralight has a better trigger, better fit and finish and is close in length and weight to the X7's.
I also wanted to share my comparison on my other rifles. I have a Contender G2 in .45 BP, 2 Omega X7, Mountaineer .50 cal, Accura MR and the Ultralight. If I had to pick only one of the rifles it would be the Ultralight at this point. I has an equal trigger to or better the Accura. Lighter and better hunting finish and weight than the Mountaineer. Less felt recoil than the G2. Better personal fit and accuracy than the Omega X7s.
BTW, I checked the crush fit on the primer. I get about 0.002 crush on average. My bolt and plug were clean after shooting.
I figured that I would share my first outing with the Stainless Ultralight. I bought the ultralight used last March and have just finally had a chance to go shooting. The plan was to shoot the Ultralight and Stainless Omega X7 allowing each to cool after about 3 shots. I put on a new scope on the X7.
The Ultralight is a bare primer version with a older Nikon Inline XR and Nikon scope mounts. The rifle took about 10 shots to 0 at 100 yards. All I can say is WOW. The rifle shoots really well, the load was .40 cal SST with blue sabot, 85 grains Blackhorn 209 and W209 primers. The rifle has a super soft recoil with that load. I like shooting this rifle more than the X7 at this point. The only negative things I could say would be, the rifle is a pain to clean and loading the primer could be a challenge to load with glove on. The weight is fantastic compared to my mountaineer with synthetic stock.
A few things I have noted that I really like are,
The barrel is matte in color as compared to the mountaineer.
The the attention to detail is way above my other muzzleloaders. Examples are barrel crown, stock fit, trigger safety, trigger pull ect.
While I love my Omega X7's, they are likely to sit this year out. The Ultralight has a better trigger, better fit and finish and is close in length and weight to the X7's.
I also wanted to share my comparison on my other rifles. I have a Contender G2 in .45 BP, 2 Omega X7, Mountaineer .50 cal, Accura MR and the Ultralight. If I had to pick only one of the rifles it would be the Ultralight at this point. I has an equal trigger to or better the Accura. Lighter and better hunting finish and weight than the Mountaineer. Less felt recoil than the G2. Better personal fit and accuracy than the Omega X7s.
BTW, I checked the crush fit on the primer. I get about 0.002 crush on average. My bolt and plug were clean after shooting.