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[grizzly63]

yes, if it ignites ok. Only one way to know. It might not with the percussion cap. Might need a musket nipple and cap?

 

[RednecKrazy]

I got a new CVA wolf..came with a konus 3-9x32 scope...i got a new centerpoint 6-20x50 scope put up..WOULD THAT CENTERPOINT SCOPE BE OK ON THAT MUZZLELOADER..THANKS

 

[Robert N]

Hardcast loads?

I have an Accura MR-X in .50 cal. Is there any reason not to use a rib-sabot 300gr. WNLFP .452 hardcast gas-check bullet in this rifle? I’m thinking 2 pellets of pyro would get me around 1600 fps. Mags would go a bit faster…

i haven’t done any hardcast loads in a muzzy, just soft lead. But i do have a nice supply of .452 hardcasts on my shelf and was wondering.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

anybody out there know what happened to lyman?? ive got a couple of great plains muzzleloaders,,i wonder if covid a few years back took them out?

 

[ole harry]

You will soon see ads for CVA muzzleloaders on the forum, along with some other of the affiliate companies from BPI. CVA wants to engage with our audience who has interest or questions on muzzleloaders and muzzleloader hunting. The BPI-CVA folks are the experts, so I hope you will welcome them and provide questions you may have. They will be checking this thread to help provide information and answer questions.

I've been gifted a used CVA Wolf 50 cal. rifle. It appears nearly new or seldom used. There were no manuals no scope and no accessories provided. Not having any knowledge of muzzleloaders, I've done some online searching to learn about what I had and how it works. This rifle was made in 2008. I learned how to access the breech and check to see thru the barrel. No daylight, barrel might be obstructed so I watched a CVA video on how this type of rifle is unloaded. Removing breech plug with 12mm socket, I observed sure enough that this rifle was loaded. One powder pellet, one green plastic bullet skirt/base alone, and one hollow point bullet with its green skirt/base attached. This was a head scratcher for me. Then I thought that maybe the loader put a green skirt in to hold the powder pellet from falling out the muzzle end and then loaded the hollow point some time later? Don't know. What I'd like to know though, is if this setup were to be fired off, what most likely might happen?

 

[F250]

Do yourself a favor. Take a hacksaw, cut that thing into a couple pieces and toss it. If you want to begin muzzle loader shooting and/or hunting, start from scratch and find a mentor.

 

[ole harry]

Hello F250,
Thank You for the advice to scrap the rifle. I think maybe more of a wall hanger though. I still want to know about what I discovered about the items loaded, if fired, what might happen. I'm curious.

 

[Dave N]

Hello F250,
Thank You for the advice to scrap the rifle. I think maybe more of a wall hanger though. I still want to know about what I discovered about the items loaded, if fired, what might happen. I'm curious.

It would have gone boom.

 

[grizzly63]

Take a sturdy rod( old shotgun cleaning rod) and put in the muzzle end and drive the Bullet and plastic out the breech if thats possible. You might need a hammer. Then clean it real good and learn how to do it properly. The bullet is probably a common skirted bullet. Do not know why they would have put an additional sabot in there first?

 

[ole harry]

Hey Dave N and Grizzly 63,
Thanks for the replies to my question. When my son-in-law was given this CVA Wolf from an acquaintance of his, it wasn't anything that he was interested in having (He's into more modern firearms). So, he gifts it to me=ole harry. He brings me stuff, old tools and items of disrepair to possibly save. Well, that's what I found after taking time to research how this muzzleloader is assembled, works and how and what to load and Especially how to unload it. Dave, I too thought BOOM, all it needed was a primer, which I don't have and would not have played with if I did have. Grizzly, I did exactly what you suggested. After removing the breech plug and seeing the powder pellet inside, I followed what the CVA load/unload video showed to do. Taking the loading rod that the rifle had and a dead blow hammer, I tapped the items out the breech end and discovered 'what the heck is this'. It's a mystery to me that this muzzleloader thru it's travels being LOADED and improperly LOADED and handled by folks unknowingly assuming safe and unloaded that nothing bad happened. I must admit that it's a unique way to begin learning about this interesting sport/hobby.