#3007471 - 10/30/12 01:15 PM
CVA Optima- what do you shoot out of yours??
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Just bought the Optima with the fluted barrel. What should I shoot out of it?
Thanks in advance.
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#3007498 - 10/30/12 01:39 PM
Re: CVA Optima- what do you shoot out of yours??
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JOSEY WALES
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240gr hornady bullet with green crushed harvester sabots with 100gr of 777 is what I shoot.
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#3007503 - 10/30/12 01:41 PM
Re: CVA Optima- what do you shoot out of yours??
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quigleysharps4570
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Loc: Kansas
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This one here at the house has dropped a pile of deer with 80 grs. of 2f Goex and the Lightfield Alpha Gold 300's.
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#3007534 - 10/30/12 01:56 PM
Re: CVA Optima- what do you shoot out of yours??
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droptine
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300 grain T/C Shockwave Superglide in front of 2 777 Magnum pellets (120grains) powered by a 777 primer
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#3007551 - 10/30/12 02:06 PM
Re: CVA Optima- what do you shoot out of yours??
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FrontierGander
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100gr blackhorn209 cci 209m primer and a 250gr Thor.
Just shot this 100 yard group with the load above aprox 45 minutes ago.
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#3007607 - 10/30/12 02:51 PM
Re: CVA Optima- what do you shoot out of yours??
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Lincoln Co Archer
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100gr blackhorn 209 pushing a 250gr hornady sst lit by a cci 209m primer. Deadly.
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#3007657 - 10/30/12 03:22 PM
Re: CVA Optima- what do you shoot out of yours??
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Spikes Tactical
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100gr pyrodex pellets, 295gr powerbelt, 209 primer. I bought a few boxes of pyrodex and powerbelts years ago and haven't run out yet. They have worked well out of my CVA Optima Pro thus far.
A lot of guys here do not care for the powerbelts - I haven't lost a deer yet (knock on wood) and hope I don't this coming weekend if lucky enough to see and shoot one. With that being said, as soon as I run out of them I think I will looking into other bullets/powder combos.
Good read below on poor performing powerbelts.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/powerbelt_bullets.htm
Good luck to you and happy hunting.
Jp
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#3007781 - 10/30/12 04:29 PM
Re: CVA Optima- what do you shoot out of yours??
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110gr of 777 powder with 300gr hornady sst red sobats.
Edited by medic (10/30/12 04:41 PM)
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#3007809 - 10/30/12 04:45 PM
Re: CVA Optima- what do you shoot out of yours??
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taximan
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is switched to shockwaves this year and seem to hold good groups but dont know how they do on deer....so I can tell you what i didnt have good luck with....I was shooting the hornady lok n loads which held group ok, but the three does i shot with them passed right through the deer and never dropped a deer, they always ran, it was like they werent expanding and doing what they were supposed to do so i switched.
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