Good day! New to this forum, I am on a few other hunting/shooting forums. I have hunted for 25 years with a rifle and 21 with a bow. Recently I find myself not enjoying archery. I am more of a gun guy, I handload and cast, and shoot maybe 750-1000 rounds of rifle a year. I am planning on selling my bow and purchasing a muzzleloader for the early season in Pa. I want to go cheap, since I am not sure how well I will enjoy it. I hear good things about the CVA wolf and am considering that one. I will likely scope it. Is there a good entry level scope that holds up to muzzleloader recoil? Also the thing that really draws me to the early inline season is the ability to use sabots and shoot cast bullets. I am looking at getting a Lee 452-300 mold and some Harvester crush sabots. Would that work with a CVA? In going that direction is pure lead a benefit over straight clip on wheel weights?
My biggest question is what propellant? I would like to start with something readily available and not too pricy. I am not opposed to pouring the powder down the barrel instead of using pellets.
I borrowed an inline this year, and the guy had purchased some Hornady??? bullets and sabots. They loaded incredibly hard. In reading later, maybe cleaning the barrel after every shot at the range would have helped that. Or is that just a weakness of using sabots?
Those are a few things that I am pondering and seeking guidance on. Thanks for your time!
My biggest question is what propellant? I would like to start with something readily available and not too pricy. I am not opposed to pouring the powder down the barrel instead of using pellets.
I borrowed an inline this year, and the guy had purchased some Hornady??? bullets and sabots. They loaded incredibly hard. In reading later, maybe cleaning the barrel after every shot at the range would have helped that. Or is that just a weakness of using sabots?
Those are a few things that I am pondering and seeking guidance on. Thanks for your time!