first muzzleloader

Looking for sugestions on my first muzzleloader. Never shot one or anything just lookin to extend the gun season a bit
Thanks

What ever you decide upon make sure to go out with a seasoned shooter a few times to get the hand of a ml, they can be extremely dangerous if mis used. Good luck in your search.

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Originally Posted by skeeter1

What ever you decide upon make sure to go out with a seasoned shooter a few times to get the hand of a ml, they can be extremely dangerous if mis used. Good luck in your search.

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Have to agree. Easy to double load if you are not paying attention and talking at the range. I like the CVA Optima but CVA and TC both make great guns. A CVA Optima V2 is a nice gun.

X3 on learning the ropes before pulling the trigger. As far as a first muzzleloader I would recommend a Savage 10ml, it may also be the only muzzleloader you'll likely buy....ever. There is a ton to learn so I recommend researching it and compare it to others of course, the big benefit is it can shoot smokeless powder so unless you want to spend more time cleaning or enjoy the smoke cloud after the shot then the research will not take long. Accurate shot after shot without having to clean every few rounds and very nice to shoot, going on ten years with mine and haven't had a bad day with it.

For a nice inexpensive muzzle-loader pick up a CVA Wolf... You can get a package deal for under $300 out the door.... Shoots great right out of the box and a tool free removable breech is a bonus...makes cleaning easy.

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Go traditional. Just saying. .

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Originally Posted by kingfish

X3 on learning the ropes before pulling the trigger. As far as a first muzzleloader I would recommend a Savage 10ml, it may also be the only muzzleloader you'll likely buy....ever. There is a ton to learn so I recommend researching it and compare it to others of course, the big benefit is it can shoot smokeless powder so unless you want to spend more time cleaning or enjoy the smoke cloud after the shot then the research will not take long. Accurate shot after shot without having to clean every few rounds and very nice to shoot, going on ten years with mine and haven't had a bad day with it.

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Savage ml-11 is very hard to find now. A family member just picked up a used one from a dealer after seeing my results. It didn't come with a breach plug wrench(first generation), called Savage, no inventory. Had to make one.

If you want to go economical buy a Wolf. If you can afford it, upgrade to an Accura V2. Use BH209 and you can shoot without cleaning between shots but you will need to buy the Blackhorn breech plug for either of these muzzle loaders.

Thanks for all the sugestions everyone i wish i knew someone thank could show mr the ropes a bit the more i read up on them the more im finding it mite be a little tricky to learn the ins and outs on my own lol

I have assisted two friends in learning the ropes, one after he fired the ramrod along with the projectile. Another after he did not mark his ramrod at bullet fully seated (could have been devastating).