curious
06-13-2006, 06:34 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
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curious
I have a question for you all. I have been shooting a CVA inline 50 caliber rifle for 3 or 4 years now. Its been a good rifle with the exception of the sights. I know I can get better sights, just haven't done it yet. I use it for 2 weeks of the year deer hunting in the early season. The gun is a bolt action and seemslike its a pain to clean. So I was wondering how much easier the Omega or the guns that break-open like a Thompson Center Encore.
I shoot 777 powder thats easy to clean up with just water. A friend has the same gun, and shoots a different powder that doesn't clean up with water. I can get mine clean in about half the time it takes him. I guess I am just get'n lazy in my old age. lol
Mark
I shoot 777 powder thats easy to clean up with just water. A friend has the same gun, and shoots a different powder that doesn't clean up with water. I can get mine clean in about half the time it takes him. I guess I am just get'n lazy in my old age. lol
Mark
06-13-2006, 06:52 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
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RE: curious
I have a few muzzle loaders and one of them is the Omega. It really is a breeze to clean there are really only 3 main pices to this gun. The breech plug. stock and forarm assembly (held on by 2 screws)and the barrel/trigger assembly. I really like this gun and find it to be very accurate. Mike
06-13-2006, 09:50 AM
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Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: curious
ORIGINAL: chiefks
I have a question for you all. I have been shooting a CVA inline 50 caliber rifle for 3 or 4 years now. Its been a good rifle with the exception of the sights. I know I can get better sights, just haven't done it yet. I use it for 2 weeks of the year deer hunting in the early season. The gun is a bolt action and seemslike its a pain to clean. So I was wondering how much easier the Omega or the guns that break-open like a Thompson Center Encore.
I shoot 777 powder thats easy to clean up with just water. A friend has the same gun, and shoots a different powder that doesn't clean up with water. I can get mine clean in about half the time it takes him. I guess I am just get'n lazy in my old age. lol
Mark
I have a question for you all. I have been shooting a CVA inline 50 caliber rifle for 3 or 4 years now. Its been a good rifle with the exception of the sights. I know I can get better sights, just haven't done it yet. I use it for 2 weeks of the year deer hunting in the early season. The gun is a bolt action and seemslike its a pain to clean. So I was wondering how much easier the Omega or the guns that break-open like a Thompson Center Encore.
I shoot 777 powder thats easy to clean up with just water. A friend has the same gun, and shoots a different powder that doesn't clean up with water. I can get mine clean in about half the time it takes him. I guess I am just get'n lazy in my old age. lol
Mark
06-13-2006, 08:57 PM
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Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2005
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RE: curious
Cayugad, I think he is asking us to tell him he needs a new rifle
You know how this works, he can then tell the wife "I really need a new safer rifle, all the people on the internet say so".
Yes I think you need a new easy to clean rifle because, well, one muzzleloader in your gun safe would get very lonely. It needs a friend.
Both the Encore and Omega are easy to clean and very good guns. Don't take my bashing of my Omega's plasic stock wrong it is still an exellent rifle. I just prefer real wood to plastic.
You know how this works, he can then tell the wife "I really need a new safer rifle, all the people on the internet say so".Yes I think you need a new easy to clean rifle because, well, one muzzleloader in your gun safe would get very lonely. It needs a friend.
Both the Encore and Omega are easy to clean and very good guns. Don't take my bashing of my Omega's plasic stock wrong it is still an exellent rifle. I just prefer real wood to plastic.
