The cheapest muzzle loader today.

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  • čas přidán 26. 02. 2022
  • www.patreon.com/user?u=147138... I got the dope worked out it was a good shooting little gun. At 25 yards. And I was shooting light charge and ball. Worth the money? Y'a, You can kill game with it.

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  • @buckshot4428
    @buckshot4428 Před 2 lety +8

    I bought a CVA Bobcat from Chinamart for $50. plus tax. It shot round balls like a house a fire. Our youngest son killed his first buck with it.

  • @thehornedone6343
    @thehornedone6343 Před rokem +4

    My grandfather bought this exact gun for me the day I was born. I'm 27 now and I still have it.

  • @lorenray9479
    @lorenray9479 Před rokem +4

    Nice to see real time, not dubbed in art. Never knew about .470 inch balls.

  • @swamprat9018
    @swamprat9018 Před 2 lety +6

    I bought mine from bass pro back in the early 90's, Thought I may have been wasting my $60 I paid. Gun shot unbelievably well that was when my eyes still worked good. I wish I could buy a half dozen of those again for $60 to give to friends. Never had an issue with the delrin rod provided and don't remember the cleaning jab but mine is brass. I put a piece of mole skin in the ramrod pipe to keep it from rattling and some rags in the stock to balance it out and get rid of the hollow sound. That gun started it for me now I build muzzle loaders from blanks and parts.

  • @MitchC357
    @MitchC357 Před 2 lety +18

    Impressive shooting. When you first showed this gun with plastic parts I thought it would come with a coon skin Daniel Boone hat for Halloween. But proved to be worthwhile.

    • @esquad5406
      @esquad5406  Před rokem +4

      I got one of the coonskins. I going to start Wareing on black powder video's.

  • @greywolfoutdoorshomestead9962
    @greywolfoutdoorshomestead9962 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Hey George i just stumbled across your channel. I love your content. I gave my 16 year old son my olg cva bobcat. Its 50 cal. Its kinda like yours. He loves it

  • @mr.e.2175
    @mr.e.2175 Před 2 lety +3

    Black Powder smells like FREEDOM...Good video with all of the problems of shooting black powder...

  • @clintonlayne9253
    @clintonlayne9253 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I bought a Traditions Fox River 50 caliber that came with a 32 cal barrel. If memory serves me correctly I paid $ 100.00 for it. Back in the day 97 ish . I was oiling it down yesterday 9/27/23 when I noticed that the plastic butt plate had broken. I have taken at least one Whitetail Doe with it. I was using Buffalo ballets great.

  • @SCVGun
    @SCVGun Před 2 lety +3

    I love the smell of black powder in the morning. I think that CVA made one similar back in the day called the Bobcat.

    • @BrettsCorner92
      @BrettsCorner92 Před 6 měsíci

      I have the traditions Deer Hunter. Pretty much the same gun but with fiber optic sites Unfortunately I can only own muzzle loaders no I am not a fellin long story

  • @lesthompson5907
    @lesthompson5907 Před 2 měsíci +1

    well, I really enjoyed this shoot. As an English man, we don't get it. The opportunity to shoot muzzle leaders today. I have been considering a new rifle build, based on the box breach design of an English pocket pistol maker of 1860. having a box breech built into a side-held flintlock with a separate safety catch & pan lock built in is interesting. Adaptable the box breech makes room for stander telescopic sights & even iron sits & rear Verner & windage sites, the mine. ball & 28" barrel or the smother boor or Rifal being a choice & 1 in 28 inch twist being my choice. i think would make for a new & existing rifal. built whit half stoke & steel ram tod use. I may yet build my self one. best on the dimension's of the CDVA Bobcat for size. I wuld be interested to her back on the mind of them interested in such a design of rifal. Les England .

  • @JimsRustyOldNuts
    @JimsRustyOldNuts Před 2 lety +4

    I have what is probably the same gun but about 30 years old...its a Fox River Fifty that I ordered from Gander Mountain back in the pre internet days. I like that style for hunting..nice and light to carry..I found the best load for it was 85 grains of pyrodex under a soft lead ball with a thinner patch..I can generally get a 3 inch or better 3 shot group at 75 yards..which would be a long shot in the woods where I live..25 to maybe 45 yards would be most likely. Tried it with a few different sabotted .44 bullets and with solid lead bullets but I have never been to best the accuracy I get with a simple round ball.

    • @johnshields9110
      @johnshields9110 Před 2 lety

      Common history here. I got a similar rifle (I think it was a CVS) about 30 years ago too! Too help the old gentleman I got it for, I bought some plastic saboted 44 cal slugs in case he had to reload. That little gun put them about center on a 50 yard bull's eye too, about as shown in video or better. I didn't have time to work up a patch & ball load, as you know, takes some doing to find the best.

  • @curtismarean6963
    @curtismarean6963 Před 2 lety +7

    What you have here is the cva bobcat. Nice basic bp rifle. I love mine, you would be surprised at what you can do with a simple rifle like this. Great knock around gun. Try double patching a 45 round ball or sabot with a 36 pistol ball for rabbit or wood chuck.

    • @esquad5406
      @esquad5406  Před 2 lety +1

      I have a Bobcat. It is just like this one. I got a Deer Slayer and it is the same gun in a wood stock.

  • @motomuto3313
    @motomuto3313 Před 2 lety +3

    That style was my first muzzle loader. I still have it. It shoots very well for an economical rifle.

  • @williamcastleberry7338
    @williamcastleberry7338 Před rokem +3

    Hello from a fellow Kentuckian. I enjoyed your video.

    • @esquad5406
      @esquad5406  Před rokem

      HOWDAY back.

    • @williamcastleberry7338
      @williamcastleberry7338 Před rokem

      @@esquad5406 What part of KY are you located in? I'm from Western KY myself. A little place called Cunningham.

  • @keithdorset3824
    @keithdorset3824 Před 5 měsíci

    I got my Bobcat used at a local gun show. It works as a beginner gun. I can't afford something fancy. Last year bought the wood stock Sharpshooter version. Pretty much the same with an adjustable rear sight. I actually like the plastic stock Bobcat. Sort of a BP tactical gun 😂.

  • @TravisFisher
    @TravisFisher Před 10 měsíci +1

    I own one of these. Bought it used maybe 15 years ago for $40. Still shoots great, in fact I'm taking it to the range today!

    • @shenyathewelder9695
      @shenyathewelder9695 Před 8 měsíci

      What are they? I’m trying to figure that out

    • @TravisFisher
      @TravisFisher Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@shenyathewelder9695 CVA Mountain Stalker or CVA Bobcat. No idea what the difference is between the two. They look the same to me. There's no wood or brass on the
      gun, hence the cost savings.

  • @dangerman007
    @dangerman007 Před 2 lety

    Well! I did not have high hopes for this rifle, but I am pleasantly surprised. Accurate for a smooth bore!

  • @greywolfoutdoorshomestead9962
    @greywolfoutdoorshomestead9962 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I live in upstate NY. Ues im a damn Yankee.lol. but we say if you dont like the weather. Wait 5 minutes it well change

  • @normanphair8488
    @normanphair8488 Před rokem

    I have two of those 1 has got a red dot on it, the other one, iron sights, so by traditions, also made in Spain, very very accurate, I have taken a lot of deer with these two guns, is all you need, for muzzleloader hunting I do not shoot round balls in them I shoot 420 grain conicals, manufactured by no excuse bullets, shoot great a lot of knockdown power, nice lightweight muzzleloader, everybody asked that thing must kick like a mule, nope just a little push

  • @kevinphillips4517
    @kevinphillips4517 Před 6 měsíci

    I purchased mine for 79 dollars. I went through a divorce and had my son and no money. It allowed me to get into bp and I still own it today.

  • @billdlyaegra9394
    @billdlyaegra9394 Před rokem +1

    the loading block is another cumbersome oddity. a small pouch of balls with some small thin patches will be preferable for plinking, until you figure out the correct ball diameter..

  • @Russianpaintrain
    @Russianpaintrain Před 2 lety +1

    Did not know they were hard to come buy until I looked this A.M. , thought the primer shortage was bad , go figure when I have the money ..............

  • @billdlyaegra9394
    @billdlyaegra9394 Před rokem

    you've developed a flinch just loading that thing..

  • @lawson9102
    @lawson9102 Před 2 lety

    Lol good point Daniel Boone did not die of starvation I got to remember that one

  • @chrismcneese4901
    @chrismcneese4901 Před 2 lety

    I once had a rossi youth inline muzzle loader and it was awesome I wish I could find another one. George if you ever find one please let me know. I'm down here in Murfreesboro and would love to drive up and chew the fat and pick one up.

  • @TioLeo850
    @TioLeo850 Před rokem

    First muzzleloader my Gpa ever bought me I actually just broke it out to take on a personal memorial hunt next weekend. Just realized the trigger isn’t working, got to tear it down now and figure it out

  • @BrettsCorner92
    @BrettsCorner92 Před 6 měsíci

    It looks a lot like the traditions Deer Hunter. But without fiber optic sites, I don't think CVA makes these guns anymore. They are making more inline guns.

  • @Xx_Its-so-over-69_xX
    @Xx_Its-so-over-69_xX Před rokem +1

    Dude, ur accent is american AF xdd, Great shooting and great video!

  • @joemorganeatmyshortschannel

    I've always wanted a muzzleloader for fun a cap and ball and some cap lock to go with it but the prices of them have gone way up here

  • @normanphair8488
    @normanphair8488 Před rokem +1

    The first one I bought cost $97 and it was in 1997, the other one $225 2018

  • @Rhino10e
    @Rhino10e Před 2 lety

    Did you read the manual first? Lol just having fun. I enjoy the vids

  • @darrenreddick3206
    @darrenreddick3206 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Heard there's a place at the land between the lakes with a rich target environment

  • @ricardogoodman1750
    @ricardogoodman1750 Před 2 lety

    Awesome 👍👍

  • @thedude8976
    @thedude8976 Před rokem +1

    I ENJOY WATCHING AND APPRECIATE THE KNOWLEDGE
    THANK YOU

  • @garden2tableproduce
    @garden2tableproduce Před 2 lety

    Hay buddy what's the best budget friendly 32 cal muzzle loader but a good one for squirrels

  • @MrPanchoak
    @MrPanchoak Před rokem

    Mine loads kinda hard with a .15 patch and a .480. but it t ignites quick. I'll just have to order meself a smaller mold.

  • @frugalprepper
    @frugalprepper Před 2 lety +2

    I've always wanted to get into shooting some black powder

    • @esquad5406
      @esquad5406  Před 2 lety

      It's a lot of fun.

    • @bobboyer9440
      @bobboyer9440 Před rokem

      I bought my first BP 15 years ago, now I have 8 more to go along with the first one. They are addictive. So much fun to shoot. Occasionally I do get to shoot a deer with one.

  • @jeffe4478
    @jeffe4478 Před 2 lety +3

    Do you have to fill out a background check to purchase muzzle loaders? Thanks for the videos and stay safe.

    • @chrismcneese4901
      @chrismcneese4901 Před 2 lety +3

      No

    • @esquad5406
      @esquad5406  Před 2 lety +7

      Not a firearm under title 18 u.s. code.

    • @FoulPet
      @FoulPet Před 2 lety +1

      You can have them shipped to your home

    • @keithdorset3824
      @keithdorset3824 Před 5 měsíci

      Not unless you find in some anal fudd gun store. I was buying a shotgun. Was waiting on the background check and found a nice looking, inexpensive Rem 1858 BP revolver. The salesman said the off-site owner insisted on adding it to the 4473. Would not take the "not a firearm" argument.

  • @charliemcelwain8874
    @charliemcelwain8874 Před 9 měsíci

    I got one just like it for 50.00 dollars but for shorting u can't beat it I put bullet hole in bullet hole but it is cheap

  • @gordotortuga8748
    @gordotortuga8748 Před 2 lety +3

    George, what are you hearing about black powder availability with Goex plant off-line?

    • @esquad5406
      @esquad5406  Před 2 lety +2

      I think they changed hands. A E.U. firm has it now. They had been under cut by swiss. And other makers were buying Kn03 form them. So they just sold out.

  • @Bubba30303
    @Bubba30303 Před 8 dny

    Is that Big Foot or an 👽 running in your video?😅

  • @dalehammond1749
    @dalehammond1749 Před 5 měsíci

    I'd sure like to know who sells any type of black powder gun for $100 or even $150 today.

  • @YpsyGypsy
    @YpsyGypsy Před 9 měsíci

    Hold the fuck up.i had to rewind the intro 😂

  • @luckynorm100
    @luckynorm100 Před 2 lety

    I have to just like it but their traditions they are Tac drivers once with fiber optic the other ones a red dot

  • @michaelbagley9116
    @michaelbagley9116 Před 9 měsíci +1

    You ever try tow instead of patching the ball.

  • @terrybrown5402
    @terrybrown5402 Před 2 lety

    George where did you pick this item up at?

  • @russr5128
    @russr5128 Před 2 lety

    👍

  • @hrfardan66
    @hrfardan66 Před rokem

    I never use "cheap" and "firearm" in the same sentence.

  • @sarahworkman6364
    @sarahworkman6364 Před rokem +1

    Wat kind of CVA is that 50cal muzzleloader u r shooting and loading sir

  • @darrenreddick3206
    @darrenreddick3206 Před 5 měsíci

    Will that thing take down a Bigfoot or a dogman?

  • @billdlyaegra9394
    @billdlyaegra9394 Před rokem

    dope is something you apply to your sights for a given range and wind conditions, not figuring out how to start a ball.

  • @mmareviewer.2372
    @mmareviewer.2372 Před rokem

    i would be so annoyed if you were loading beside me. I get these loaded and shot in seconds. i did not know they just sold these for hunting in the states.

  • @Uffareel
    @Uffareel Před 11 měsíci +1

    Why bother pouring the poweder when you can just get the pyrodex solid block and drop it down the barrel set the sabbot in its jacket drop thst down pack it and good to go ....

    • @esquad5406
      @esquad5406  Před 11 měsíci +2

      Pyrodex shoots like wet powder.

    • @Uffareel
      @Uffareel Před 11 měsíci

      @@esquad5406 oh never shot it before is it that bad to use ? Should I not use it ?

  • @thomastommy1192
    @thomastommy1192 Před 2 lety

    This means the gun you bought year's ago is worth a lot less than you paid for it right? Lol.

  • @billdlyaegra9394
    @billdlyaegra9394 Před rokem

    you need a new mole whacker, that thing is too long and whatever is on the end is gonna be hard on the front feet if you ask me. start by using that flat side of it to baton the ball level with the crown then you only need to go a couple inches with the starter, the rest should go easy with the ramrod. the starter you have seems to be a gimmick sold to novices to look, i don't know what in a plastic sort of over the mantel with a goat head way.

  • @itsnotom
    @itsnotom Před rokem

    And you can't find it anymore. I have a cva wolf stainless set up for scope only. It's nice and only use ball ammo and pyrodex Pellets. Don't do loose powder

  • @itsnotom
    @itsnotom Před rokem +1

    And see no results of what your shooting at. And why replace the ramrod every time if your just gonna pull it out again?? Makes no sense

  • @itsnotom
    @itsnotom Před rokem

    Why don't you use pyrodex Pellets? Screw loose powder now

  • @Xx_Its-so-over-69_xX
    @Xx_Its-so-over-69_xX Před rokem +1

    Dude, ur accent is american AF xdd, Great shooting and great video!