So I finally purchased my first loader and am actually quite excited about it. After many years of applying for various elk hunts here in Az (rifle, archery, and ML), I finally got drawn for elk this december in my back yard, for muzzleloader cow elk. My hunting buddy has a couple loaders, but after discussing it with the wife, we decided we should have our own. Mostly because if anything were to happen to it while using it, I would feel pretty bad. So with the wifes blessing, actually demand that I buy a rifle, I ended up purchasing a CVA Accura V2 LR 50 cal.. I read a bunch of reviews and decided on this one, despite my wifes preference to the Remington 700 Ultimate.
From my experience guiding with the Hunts for Heros program this past October, we were able to put our hunters on some bulls, no shot being more than 70 yards. Saw tons of cows, all less than 50 yards. So I'm hoping I chose a decent rifle for 100 or less yard shots. The rifle does come with a Konus scope, but if I see any issues with the glass, I will just top it off with one of my Vipers or Leupolds.
So any advice, good, bad, or other is more than welcome. I did read that some guys will shoot a cap or two before loading their rifle. Is this a common practice for ML's?
TIA
From my experience guiding with the Hunts for Heros program this past October, we were able to put our hunters on some bulls, no shot being more than 70 yards. Saw tons of cows, all less than 50 yards. So I'm hoping I chose a decent rifle for 100 or less yard shots. The rifle does come with a Konus scope, but if I see any issues with the glass, I will just top it off with one of my Vipers or Leupolds.
So any advice, good, bad, or other is more than welcome. I did read that some guys will shoot a cap or two before loading their rifle. Is this a common practice for ML's?
TIA