Crazymonkey

That's going to be loud for sure. I get looks when I'm shooting mine at the range😩 from a bunch of people. Then I break out the striker in 22-250 it has a break on it and is twice as loud. Good luck on your hunt.

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If your gun is a 10 inch barrel I've got one you could borrow for your hunt. My buddy is using my Contender in 223 with the 14 inch barrel for the pig hunt .I'm in gilbert and work in Phoenix if you can't find one before your hunt.

Length of barrel will help . The 223 is usually a super 14 and the forend is a two screw .

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They Damm sure had about every airline listed for sure.

If they just followed gun safety basics this would not have happened. Always assume the gun is loaded. And never point at what you don't intend to shoot.

I ran anti seize on my first gun and it's messy then I learned about the tape trick on the muzzleloader site and never looked back .Way easier to clean and the plugs don't leak or get stuck. I do like the tc grease for my other gun that shoots pyrodex . It looks like and smells like toothpaste. I use a small brass brush to clean the plug re- tape and it's good to go again.

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Make sure to get the breach plug to run blackhorn for your new gun .They might still have them at sportsmans. I think they are around 40 bucks .Then wrap the threads with Teflon tape to prevent it ever getting stuck .

Only 4 containers of blackhorn left on the shelf at bass pro as of 1 today. Get them before there gone.

Check the link there is still more calendars aavailable.There was 160 something when I got mine ordered last week.

If your switching to blackhorn you can run your normal rifle cleaning components and oil and it will have no effect on powder burn just remember to run a dry patch after you oil it .I've currently got 20 plus shots thru my paramount pro running blackhorn and no need to clean or patch barrel yet. Absolutely weight the powder charges out if you can the volume markes on the tube are known to be off.

No ffl required so ship to your door.

Muzzle-loaders.com lists them for 369.99 and outa stock so probably a real deal .

Any help is free as I've gotten lots of help from several people here .

I got my calendar yesterday in the mail.I figure if I'm going to chase them I might as well support groups that are trying to keep us hunting them.

I'm in gilbert and shoot at Rio Salado .My buddy will have my gun for a few weeks for his ham hunt .But when I do get it back I could meet you at the range and you could give it a try for yourself it's an impressive gun for what it is.

My buddy was shooting 1 moa at a hundred yds .I've shot it to 2 hundred and it will hold just over moa. I want to run full bore bullets like the arrow head or pittman as they say the skirt on the powerbelt has a negative effect on accuracy. That was the problem with some of the 45 cal optimas and accura models. The skirt had varying thickness and would screw up the bullet flight.

Per powerbelt the elr in 45 cal is designed to work out to 500 yds on game animals. I'm currently not sure what my gun is running for speed to calculate the drop and energy out that far as a buddy is going to use it for his up and coming 22 ham pig hunt .When he is done in a few weeks and I get the gun back and can run it over the chronograph I'll put up the speed and drop and energy that it gets out to 500 per the strelok app.

Someone got a great steal there !! Ruger tang safety rifles where known to be hit or miss due to poor barrels .But if you find a shooter they are usually great as ruger figured it out and improved there quality. I've got one in 338 win .

I love my cva paramount pro 45 cal .Put a break on it from anarchy outdoors and run 115 gr by weight of blackhorn 209 with the elr powerbelt. The book has 105 by weight then cva said 112 by weight and then it was 115 by weight .There is no stated max like most muzzleloader rifles that are marked magnum rated which is a standard 150 gr by volume charge.Cva has backed off the 115 gr by weight and says no improvement on accuracy and is back to the 105 gr . At 115 my gun is moa or better and I have no problem ringing the steal plate at Rio Salado out to 300 the max I can shoot at the range. I do need to chronograph the thing since increasing the powder but it was at 2500 plus fps before and the accuracy is the same . I figure the extra powder is going to give me a little flatter shot and is worth the extra recoil.

You can order online for powder and have it shipped to your door. If you do switch powder just keep in mind pyrodex and 777 are corrosive and black powder cleaners only no gun oil in the barrel .It will bugger up your powder. Blackhorn you can use what you use to clean and oil your modern rifle.Tip for you run Teflon tape on the threads of the breach plug instead of anti sealed. It cleaner better and is easy to replace.

Can u find the muley? Was in 20 b Sunday for archery pig and found him.Ranged the buck at 328 and was able to close to 253 . Best buck I've seen in there on a pig hunt .Solid 4x4.

Thank you to Rob Stephan for the 20 gauge ammo.