wadeocu Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 This will be my first experience with one. I have never even fired one. I am leaning toward a TC Triumph as it seems to be easy to use and clean and is well respected. I want the stainless/black version for the corrosion resistance (camo not so important to me). Cabela's has a package deal with a scope and starter kit for $550 shipped. The gun alone is $470 shipped, the scope with mounts is another $60 and the starter kit is another $20. The scope is their Pine Ridge 2.5-7X junk but the attractive thing here is the mounts being included as the mounts seem to sell for about $50 individually. I may end up getting a Nikon scope for it eventually, I'm not sure how good/bad the Pine Ridge scopes are, but I suspect it is a Simmons with the Cabela's brand name. The starter kit includes the following: 20 Shockwave 250-grain sabots, composite T-handle short starter/ramrod extension, Super Jag with spire-point bullet tip, three speedloaders, 209 capper/decapper, bronze cleaning brush, 4-oz. bottle of Cabela's Black-Powder Solvent, 1/2-oz. tube of Superlube and 25 cleaning patches. Becuase I have no accessories already, the starter kit seems to be good value to get me going with the cleaning supplies etc. The price seems to be good - Bass Pro sells the gun shipped for $540 with none of the accessories which, for $10 more, seems to be a no brainer when chosing between theses otpions. What do you guys think? Is this a good deal? Should I dump the package deal idea and look for accesories individually? I will be using this for Whitetails in the Mississippi delta (thick bottom land terrain). Any input is appreciated. Thanks, Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelund79 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'd get it. The Pine Ridge scopes sure aren't Nikons, however, I have one made for shotguns on one of my slug guns, and it isn't bad at all for the price. As for the price on the starter kit, I'd say go with it, the cost for the sabots and starter rod, decapper are worth the $20 bucks alone. One thing though, I'd also say to buy the range rod besides trying to use the short rod everytime. I've been using pellets in my CVA, and am going to take the advice of Bluelks post and switching to powder to get the better accuracy. Its alot of fun, just time consuming. Enjoy your purchase!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldmulebuck Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 I think is alot of money you can buy a CVA Optima pro for half that money just as easy to clean 29 inch fluted barrel better performance but is up to you one thing if you decide not to use it you have not spend too much money .I have 4 muzzle loaders and my CVA is the least expensive but you know is the best I have 180 yards no problem for deer and elk open sights that is all we can shoot in NV,UT,IDAHO.Good luck is alot of fun you will enjoy it you don't need all that stuff starter kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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