If you like traditional muzzleloader hunting but don’t know about Leatherwood Outdoors, you have a lot of great videos to catch up. The team at Leatherwood Outdoors head out into the Pennsylvania woods each year with their flintlocks to hunt deer.
Announcing the winners of the 2019-2020 Longhunter Photo Contest!
Load Development for your Flintlock Squirrel Rifle | Black Powder TV
It’s Monday, which means Black Powder TV released a new video yesterday! This week, follow along as Bob begins developing a blackpowder load for his .36 caliber flintlock squirrel rifle. This rifle is built from a Kibler “Southern Mountain Rifle Kit”, one of the more popular DIY muzzleloader kits we see!
If you are interested in building your own kit muzzleloader, learning how to develop loads for your muzzleloader, or just want to enjoy some blackpowder fun vicariously, be sure to watch!
IN PART #1 OF THIS SERIES WE PREPARE THE BARREL OF THE TRADITIONAL BLACK POWDER .36 CALIBER FLINTLOCK SQUIRREL RIFLE BUILT FROM A KIBLER 'SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN RIFLE' KIT FOR DEVELOPING THE MOST PRECISE LOAD.
We are excited to be working with content creators like Black Powder TV and the Black Powder Maniac to promote not only the NMLRA, but our love for muzzleloading and living history so it may last for generations to come.
What is the CVA Paramount Pro | NMLRA
In a previous version of this story we incorrectly stated that the new CVA Paramount Pro used powder pellets instead of loose powder. We have corrected the story to reflect that the paramount pro uses 150 grains of loose Blackhorn 209 by volume, which is 105 by weight.
Muzzle Blasts was fortunate enough to meet with Tony Smotherman, one of the developers behind CVA’s new line of long range muzzle loaders at SHOT Show 2020. Tony was kind enough to walk NMLRA President Brent Steele and Vice President Jeff Cunningham through the new rifle and how it will perform for long range muzzleloading hunters around the United States.
The new Paramount Pro advances on CVA’s Paramount line hoping to bring advanced precision to modern muzzleloader hunters. Available in .50 and .45 caliber to appease big game rules of Colorado and Idaho, the Paramount Pro is also available with a scoped and open sight option to pass regulations in western states.
We’ll have a full video with Tony from CVA out soon, but for now we hope this can answer some of the common questions we are seeing.
How much does the new CVA Paramount Pro Cost?
From the literature we picked up at the SHOT Show, actual retail price for the Paramount Pro is $1667.95, not a cheap rifle by any means, but CVA backed up this cost that a comparable custom muzzleloader runs between $1,000 and $1800+.
What is the range for the CVA Paramount Pro?
According to CVA, the Paramount Pro is sub minute of angle at 400 yards direct from the factory. CVA is certainly going after the mis conception that muzzleloaders, but modern and traditional are only good out to 100 yards with the new Paramount Pro.
What kind of primer does the CVA Paramount Pro Use?
In line with CVA’s other long range muzzleloaders, they are using a large rifle primer as the ignition source.
What kind of bullet does the CVA Paramount Pro Use?
The CVA Paramount Pro uses a 280 grain power belt bullet, shooting it at 2400 feet per second.
How much powder does the Paramount Pro Use?
The powder charge of the Paramounts is 150 grains of Blackhorn 209 by volume, which is 105 by weight.
What’s the deal with that muzzle break?
This is the first time CVA has included threaded barrels muzzle breaks in their rifles. With the 150 grains of powder, you can expect some recoil, but CVA claims the muzzle break reduces recoil by 50%.
Won’t that mess with reloading?
The Paramount Pro comes with a funnel to aid in powder pouring through the muzzle break. The break is also designed to guide our charge into the barrel, not allowing it to fall out.
We know cleaning is important for muzzleloaders, so we asked about it. Tony said the muzzle break is designed to dump the cleaning patch out of the largest hole on the muzzle break when you pull the patch out, a feature they are excited about.
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What is Hodgdon Triple Eight, and when will it be available to the public?
Hodgdon 888 or Hodgdon Triple Eight, as it’s known is a totally new blackpowder substitute announced at SHOT Show 2020. Not much is known about this new powder from the makers of GOEX, but we do know a few things.
Hodgdon boasts it’s “clean burning” properties, we assume this means hunters won’t need to clean their rifles as frequently as in the past. This is a hurtle to hunters interested in Muzzleloading.
Right now it’s available exclusively in Federal’s new “Fire Stick”, a new charge casing designed for the Traditon’s NitroFire Rifles
When will Hodgdon Triple Eight (888) be available to home reloaders?
We spoke with representatives from both Hodgdon and Traditions at SHOT Show 2020, and right now there are no plans to release Hodgdon Triple Eight to the public. It has been designed specifically for the Federal Fire Stickand Traditions Nitro Fire Rifles.
Rest assured, Muzzle Blasts will be reporting on these new developments in the world of Muzzleloading as soon as they happen.
Announcing the 2019 Longhunter Society Muzzleloading Photo Contest!
With hunting season on its way here in Indiana, we at the NMLRA are getting excited about the chance to get back into the woods with our muzzleloaders. With this excitement, we put together “The Longhunter Society 2019 Muzzleloading Photo Contest” as a way for us to give back to our hunters and share our love of hunting.
This photo contest has a class for flintlocks, caplocks, inlines, as well as an open class for those of us who might not bag a nice buck but still had fun anyway.
Post your Longhunter Photo to facebook or instagram using the hashtag “#NMLRALonghunter2019” and tag us in your photo (@NMLRA on Facebook and @muzzleblasts on Instagram), you can also email your photo to media@nmlra.org with the subject line “ NMLRA Longhunter 2019 Entry”
To see the rules of the contest, head over to nmlra.org/longhunterphotocontest to learn more.
Happy Hunting!