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Offline wolfboy

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CVA Wolf
« on: January 24, 2008, 11:24:43 AM »
What for load (powder amount, bullet type and weight) are you guys using in your CVA Wolfs? What for distance are you shooting? What type of results have you had?  Last year was my first year muzzleloader hunting and I used 250 grain shockwave sabots. I managed to harvest a doe (35 yard shot, she ran 70 yards..only left about a 5 ft long blood trial, and that was right before she expired). The shot was angling away, went in behind right front shoulder and into the left front (can't 100% remember if the bullet passed completely thru or not, it did however hit the heart and lungs). I'm heading out west this fall, so I'm gettin a headstart on things. I'm looking to be able to shoot up to 150 yards (if I can get the right load) I want a bullet that'll have plenty of knockdown power but will also leave a blood trial if needed. If shot placement is key on blood trail, where is the best place to aim with a muzzleloader? Thanks for any input.
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Re: CVA Wolf
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2008, 10:48:11 AM »
Aim for the heart lung area. I don't have a CVA Wolf but you need to try diffrent loads. Are you using pellets or loose powder? I would look into a magnum load and a 250 grain sabot but you need to try it out and shoot at those ranges because of the drop with a ML.
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Re: CVA Wolf
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2008, 03:01:52 PM »
I have a Wolf as well and it works well shooting Powerbelts, Shockwaves, and REAL's over 90 grains of Pyrodex loose or 100 grains of pellets.  Mine hits good and hard out to 250 yards with that load.  No doubt, deer are tough aim for the heart / lung area and take it at an angle so you get one of the shoulders to slow them down a bit if you end up tracking.

On the deer that you shot, did you maybe not have enough velocity to cause the bullet to expand?  Was it a light load?
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Re: CVA Wolf
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2008, 05:01:08 PM »
Pure lead conicals retain lots of their energy for those longer shots.  I personally wouldn't shoot anything with a pistol bullet other than target shooting with a pistol.  As long as yu shoot your given load a lot and learn its specific tradjectory and different distances, I don't think there would be anything to worry about.  That's my 2 cents on that. 
As for my wolf, it shoots a gas checkd conical weighing just over 470 grns.  Powder is 70gr pyrodex P and primer is a 32 S&W short case.  That load is my fav with that anyways...  Good luck on your hunt!
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Re: CVA Wolf
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2008, 07:12:01 AM »
For 30-150 yards shots,everything from the .45cal 225-275 Aerotips and from the 50cal 245 all the way up to 405gr pyrodex with 80 grains.
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Re: CVA Wolf
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2008, 08:00:55 PM »
Go with the sst or sabertooths with 90gr. losse powder.
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