Help...New to Muzzleloading

[Buckeye12]

I'm looking for some input as I look to extend my Ohio deer hunting season this year and hun during the four day blackpowder season. I'm looking to buy a muzzleloader. I'm not looking to spend a lot of money as I will only be using my gun 2-4 days/year during this short season. Cabela's has the New Frontier Cascade .50 cal at a very reasonable price. Has anyone purchased this gun? Have you had good luck with its accuracy?

Another question I have is if anyone has any reviews for the Mossberg 500 .50 cal. muzzleloading barrel. It looks like this barrel can be purchased for under $100. Has anyone tried this barrel? How is its accuracy? When cleaning the gun after shooting, does the entire gun need torn apart (trigger mechanism removed) to prevent ceasing? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

[hunterNick]

Buckeye
I own a thompson center omega that was a bit pricey but is well worth the price. It will shoot great groups with 100 grains of powder, and recoil is nothing to me and im a small framed 13 year old

[OhioOutdoorsman]

Congrats on being able to hunt over Ohio's amazingly inconvienient muzzleoader season. I have a low end CVA that I use for Ohio's muzzleloader season. I have it with the pine ridge scope and got the starter kit....you can get a scoped gun with everything you need for under 200 bucks. Look at wal-mart too. With the short season, I agree on buying an inexpensive gun.

[Yooper]

I'd say you can't go wrong with a starter kit with a CVA or even a Cabela's gun. I've got a nice fancy inline, but I also like to shoot my low-budget CVA. A really good choice is the New England inline... If you can use a scope, I'd say get the whole shooint match kit... Why not? Get some good powder, like a Triple 7 or APP to make clean up easy. Powerbelt bullets are a good way to go too, but see what shoots best out of what you buy.

AS for the Mossberg, my buddies and I always joked about that as the best way to get checked by a CO. I've heard they work decently but can be a pain to clean and set-up... I've looked at it and thought it was pretty strange. Drop a little extra nad just get an inline.

[LarryFox]

Well i have been useing Black Powder Muzzle Loaders dern near 35 years and i have spent alot of money buying the so call GOOD but cheap guns.I spent more money trying to cut a corner in price, than what a REAL GOOD Gun would have cost.The Knight is one more hard gun to beat if it can be beat at all.There 3 Shot 2 1/2 inch group at 100 yard's is back 100% via Knight and no other gun maker has such a garante on there muzzle loader's.Right now one can find a Knight for only penny's more than some of these so call good but cheap guns.Give a Knight a try and you will nerver look back

[OhioOutdoorsman]

I agree with Larry that its good to buy as good equipment as you can afford. The only equipment I regret buying has been cheap equipment. If you enjoy SHOOTING blackpowder guns and plan to do it often, definitely save up for the Knight or Thompson Center. If you're like me who only pulls out the blackpowder gun once every other year for a ONE weekend of deer hunting, it makes no sense for me to spend $600-700 blackpowder set-up wile I go cheap on my crossbow set up which I use 4 months every year.

[tmag41]

I purchased the CVA Kodiak Pro .50 caliber this fall and absolutley love it. It wasn't too spendy about $320. I don't know what kind of budget you have, but if you can afford it by all means purchase it. Very easy to clean up and very nice shooting. Check out the CVA line pretty affordable and very dependable.