Load ideas for in-line 1/28" twist CVA .50

[dualsport]

I got the CVA in line on a lark. Used but good shape and cheap. I have no interest in sabots. I have a Lee .515-450 that seems to fit ok, haven't tried it. And also Lee REAL 250s, round balls, and a TC Maxi Ball, all .50 cal. Suggestions? I got it for a novelty so odd loads are a possibility. I've shot muzzle loaders for so long the idea of a removable breech seems strange.

[johnson1942]

read everything you can that idaho ron and others put on cast bullets for paperpatching your 1/28 cva. you may get hooked like the rest of us and be a lot more independent of the commercial bullet co/s
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[koger]

Which CVA is it, the OPtima and wolf type breakdown will shoot about anything, but designed for powerbelts. They will shoot a TC maxi hunter or great plains type 350-385 good with 90-95gr 2ffg, BP.

[tacklebury]

Yep, mine likes Buffalo Bullets, but I don't like the kick. lol

[dualsport]

It's a 'Kodiak Magnum', .50 cal., 1/28" twist.

[rsrocket1]

I am experimenting with different bullets too in my Optima Pro. I've just started by using my 45ACP lead bullets (Lee TL452-230-TC) in T/C sabots and they shoot real good out to 100 yards. I just got a Lee 250g REAL mold and will start experimenting with those. What powder are you using? My favorite is Blakhorn 209. That stuff is as clean as smokeless, but I have also had some fun with Alliant Black MZ which is half the cost. Both are readily available at Sportsman's Warehouse in Rocklin.

[koger]

My wife has the same ML, Kodiak is a clone of TC Omega. Again, they were designed to shoot the Powerbelt bullets. I put a new Nikon Pro staff 3x9x40, weaver bases, Millet steel weaver type rings on the one I bought used, in excellent condition for the wife. It took 6 shots, with 2ffg Goex to zero at 25 then 100yds. I then shot a 3 shot group, with all 3 shots cutting into each other at 100yds, wiping with a damp spit patch between shots and was done. Wife has shot 3 shots since then, 75, 90, and 147 yds, 3 dead deer!

[BPrezPB]

Im new at castin, but ifin i had a magnum might try C501-440-RF 500 S&W think it'll work.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/266944/lee-2-cavity-bullet-mold-c501-440-rf-500-s-and-w-magnum-501-diameter-440-grain-flat-nose-gas-check

[THBailey]

370 gr Maxi Ball does pretty good in my 50's, both my New Englander with 1:48 twist and my Black Mountain Magnum with 1:28 twist. I use 90 or 100 gr of Pyrodex RS. Kinda kills at both ends though, and drops like a mortar round past 125 yards. I also use .45 cal Hornady 300 gr XTP's in Harvester EZ Load sabots over the same powder and can realistically shoot to 200 yards out of the Black Mountain.

[phaessler]

It's a 'Kodiak Magnum', .50 cal., 1/28" twist.

I use a soft Lyman 429667, MMP green sabot, 2-3 50gn pellets of 777. I know its not real muzzleloading , but it works. And cheaper than sending XTP's out.

Pete

[johnson1942]

phaessler, i bet it can drive tacks and go through 3 deer. good load.