CVA® Buckhorn® .50 Caliber 209 Muzzleloader
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A muzzleloader you can depend on for the shot of a lifetime!
Its dual retention points and redesigned trigger make the Buckhorn the most advanced conventional in-line on the market today. This ultra-modern muzzleloader sports a precision barrel and is powered by an extremely hot #209 ignition system that can handle 150-grain magnum charges with ease. Radical solid composite stock design features Grip Dot panels to ensure a comfortable, non-slip grip. Comes standard with a thumb-actuated safety, Illuminator™ fiber-optic sights, CrushZone™ recoil pad, and Bullet Guiding Muzzle. Drilled and tapped for scope mounts. .50 caliber. Barrel length: 24''. Twist: 1 in 28''. Total length: 42''. Weight: 6.3 lbs.
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by HickmamRick Great Gun Good Price
This a good Gun for the price. I shot it one time to see where it hit, it was dead on. Second shot was a kill shot. Very happy with it.
June 27, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by mroutson CVA Buckhorn
I own one and it works just fine.50 cal magnum! For under $200.
April 13, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5Â by Tinffa Great for the money
I live in Ohio, I bought it to hunt deer, I went out the first season and got a doe with it. For less than $400 in everything I got a deer during the last ditch muzzleloader season. On mine, the open sights are horrid! The rear sight is all the way to the left and it still shoots left at 70 ft. I just mounted a scope on it, but havnt had time to sight it in. Friend told me that would remedy the inaccurate open sights??? Very easy to clean! Very easy to operate and reload. For the money, you cannot beat it.
August 8, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 Forget the price, buy it for the accuracy!
I started muzzleloading with a very cheap, mid-90's inline. I lived in a rifle hunting state where the muzzleloading seasons required open iron sights, open breech, no pellets and no sabots at the time, so I was just muzzleloading to try something new at the range, and to hopefully gather enough ML experience by the time the Army moved me again to be able to function in a ML/shotgun state without having to start from square 1. I quickly learned it would be worth upgrading to a Buckhorn (yes, it was an UPGRADE - I still have that first rifle, but I only use it as a cheater bar on my 3/8" ratchet wrench handle!), put a decent Bushnell scope on it, and picked up a variety of conicals, saboted bullets, and PowerBelts as well as 4 different types of FFg-equivalent BP substitutes and a few brands of primers. Without indemnifying myself by sharing the exact recipe, I was able to use a "poor man's" rifle, a $40 3-9x40mm scope, a BP substitute powder plagued by notoriously bad reviews, a well-accepted saboted bullet that really doesn't cost much, and the cheapest primers in town to get 3-shot groups just under 2" at 100 yards. Velocities off of my Chrony F1 report nice consistency and best efficiency with about a 130 grain load; going above that seemed to get more smoke and thunder, but little more velocity and slight declines in accuracy. Zeroed 1" high at 150 yards, I can hit inside an 8" paper picnic plate every time out to 250 yards with a center hold and that means I'm done worrying about rifles, optics, loads, etc. - I can focus on animals, habitat, and tactics now. Or, at least I could, had I not let my best friend talk me out of the rig, leaving me to start over from the ground up with another make/model... but that's for another review. Bottom line is that if you're a centerfire guy like I was, heading to a shotgun/ML state (and most such states allow your ML during their shotgun seasons too) the CVA Buckhorn lets you get into the muzzleloading game for less than $500 for rifle, scope, rings, bullets, powder, primers, full arsenal of loading and cleaning goods including a good range rod & some speed loaders, and probably even some other accessories such as a rifle case, sling, scope covers, and a decent plastic toolbox to keep everything organized and in one place. You can always upgrade bits and pieces over time, but I'm writing this in mid-July with full confidence that for under $500, if you have solid fundamental marksmanship skills, you can be ready for an Iowa/Illinois/Indiana/Ohio deer season by the end of September with just a few range sessions and very little capital. Those four-figure-as-shown ML rifles in the hands of the big guys with the big hats on TV are nice, but none of the animals harvested on cable television or in the anonymous public wildlife areas on the Midwest's back roads would ever know the difference.
July 17, 2011
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I've never shot a muzzle loader before and i was wondering how much kick this had compared to a 12 gauge slug or a 7.62-59 or anything else.
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First start out and run 3 primers through it to burn the oil out of the barrel. Drop in you charge (150grain) push your shot down. Put a primer in, and you are ready to go. After you shoot it, wait for all the embers to die in the barrel, and repeat the process.
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I am new at muzzleloading. What scope, mounts, powder, bullets, etc are recommended for the Buckhorn 209? I would like to purchase everything at once so I don't go on a hunt and find out that I lack something I need.Answers
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Buy the CVA rifle/Konus scope kit if you can find it. You won't be able to touch the price of the components bought seperately.If not, buy the DuraSight scope mount CVA recommends and only a scope made for a muzzleloader.Stick with 100 grm loads as the 150 grm loads tend to cause the groups to be wider. The IMR white hots worked great for me with the Hornady 300 gr SST sabots. Buy the CVA deluxe cleaning kit with the range rod, bore cleaner gel, rust preventer, and various brushes. Also get the loader kit with the loader and different bullet nipples. You want to use the correct nipple for the type of bullet you choose. Lastly, I bought some of the foam bore cleaner. It works while you clean the rest of the gun. Also get the 500 count bag of patches.
Be ready, you will spend all most as much on supplies as you spent on the gun.
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I have the same rifle & I use Powerbelt bullets, I think they're 145 gr, Triple 7 powder, I use 100 to 150 gr, with Winchester shotgun primers. I think the gun can only handle 150 gr of powder, not for sure because I got mine used & it never came with a manuel. I shoot it out to 50 yards & it is putting 1 1/2, 2in groups. I never shoot beyond that because my food plot is only 40x40 yards. Great gun for the money. If this was not of any help give your local BPS a call & hopefully they can answer all your questions that you may have.Answers
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This is just the gun by itself. However, most combo packs include the most cheaply-produced accessories available. CVA's combo packs include usable scopes and loading accessories, but I've found I can shop the web to find better optics, bullets, and so on, for around the same money as the difference in price between the rifle and the combo package. Not to impugn CVA's choice of what to include, but I'd rather keep that extra money in my pocket to use on a scope or bullets that are more in tune with my individual preferences. For example, the woods I hunt won't ever allow more than a 100 yard shot. Therefore, I'd rather have a high-quality 1.75-4x32mm scope than a department-store special 3-9x40mm with a less-sharp focus at close range, poor light transmission, more magnification than I can use at the high end and too much for the "He's Right Under My Stand!!!" shots at the low end. And every rifle is different in what it likes to be fed; so rather than pay for a bunch of bullets that the manufacturer includes because they happen to make and market them too, again I'd rather take my money somewhere I can see other options on the shelf. And at $179, you're getting enough accuracy out of this rifle that I'd consider it a bargain even if it came without sights or a ramrod!Answers
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i use a pre wet cva cleaning patch witch i squeez to just till its damp then two dry patches,after every shot for greater accuracy,the same for end of year use followed by a coating of bore butter......
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Take the cap off the back of the barrel where the rounded plug is w/ the allen head in it & unscrew that to take it out & take the guts out it & take the breech plug wrench & unscrew that & that givs you access to the inside of the barrel. Get some good cleaner & breech plug grease & you should be good to go.Details:Â
i was thinking of giving this gun to my son is it safe for a ten year old to shootAnswers
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its as safe as you want it to be as long as youre doing everything right irs perfect1 of 1
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