Muzzle loading shotgun and hounds

[I beagle]

I have an old optima pro that I haven’t been using the last 4 or 5 years , been shooting others. But I found a shotgun barrel made for the optima pro in a small gun/hunting shop. Didn’t pay a lot for it. So I thought I would try and try to shoot a few rabbits with it over my hounds. It’s set up for turkey hunting I think with fiber optic sights and a a rail welded on it. Barrel is built real well looks like . Shot it a few times over the summer trying to work up a load. Got it shooting ok so I thought I would give it a try. The dogs struggled a good amount in the frozen ground but finally put a couple good runs together. It was a lot of fun. Look forward to shooting and hunting with it more!

 

[deermanok]

Looks like some good dogs.

 

[I beagle]

Thank you. They are pretty good hounds!

 

[jd24.5.48]

I had an Optima pro and bought a new 12 gauge shotgun barrel for it from Cva for $50 on a closeout. It was camouflaged and I never did get to shoot it! Wish I would have kept that muzzleloader! Good job! Nice looking dogs!

 

[I beagle]

50$ is a heck of a deal. I paid more than that! Thank you

 

[jd24.5.48]

50$ is a heck of a deal. I paid more than that! Thank you

I really liked the Optima pro and harvested my personal best buck with it. It was heavy one but shot great! I had around $300 in it and a buddy offered me $500 for it! Sold!

 

[MrTom]

That looks like a fun way to get some bunnies.

 

[bdog]

Oh man, that's pretty cool, nice photo