Hm. After reading all the comments it seems I've missunderstood what is going on here. You've converted a centerfire rifle to a muzzleloader that uses smokeless powder, not a BP muzzleloader that now fires smokeless powder?
Still a bit confused about the barrel. What mods are needed to shoot smokeless powder? After conversion can one use black powder if needed? What is different about the ignition system? I enjoy the TC Encore platform and have a dedicated .50 BP rifle barrel as well as a 7.62 x 39 rifle barrel. Checked out your web sight, VERY Nice work!
I mark the ramrod with paint with a line that lets me know the barrel is loaded if the line is more than a quarter of an inch above the crown of the barrel I would remove the breach plug and pour the powder out and remove the bullet and start all over.
I wish you would show the bullet hitting the target instead of just showing you shooting the gun. Let us see when the bullet hits the target! Thanks Jeff. Keep up the great work.
I am looking into getting a second camera so I can video the target and myself at the same time. I am a machinist not a film maker so I try to keep it simple. But I am wanting to up the value of the videos I make so the second camera is a must...
Those are good looking guns but I wanna see a video of you loading one I’m ready to buy one but I wanna know what goes on as far as sizing the bullets and how hard the guns are to load
You may not think it but you may have saved a few people's lives by saying this ... It's actually one of my biggest fears getting into muzzleloaders. " The gun blowing up on me" " I did something wrong " I'm also looking at a crossbow and the dangers of that too.. these are tools and like any other equipment used for industrial or even at home can seriously injure or kill us.( My question is what is the most important tool you used most with your muzzleloader that you feel is the most important). Second what is what tool you think most people don't use enough of or incorrectly..
Hi sir I'm wondering whether you can possibly do a Thompson center impact to use smokeless powder? If so how much and what do you need to do it from me.
Not enough metal in the barrel to hold the pressure of a smokeless charge. That is why the use .45-70 centerfire barrels. They are thicker.@@JamesTaylor-gz8le
Why would you convert a Scout to muzzleloader when you can buy an Apex for about the same price and have interchangeable barrels to boot? Makes no sense....
First the CVA Apex is discontinued and no longer available. Second, usually the twist rate is a lot slower in muzzle loader barrels. Third, we shoot smokeless powder from these converted rifles. Fourth, we use a large rifle magnum primer that works much better than the 209 systems. Fifth, we get great accuracy out to 300 plus yards. Do I need to go on??????
looking to buy my first muzzleloader for next season. also live in Kentucky. I appreciate that you went over safety first because a lot of youtubers seem to leave out a lot of the precautions while working with firearms.
*CVA makes some decent ones.... I prefer a 45 or 50 cal with a proper charge of FFFg REAL Genuine BLACK powder...I use About 80 or 82 grains of FFFg. Actual Black Powder Guns with Actual Black Powder can endure a double charge without blowing fingers off and it works well. Graf and Sons or Grafs dot com.... actually sells real black powder. I do not prefer substitute or smokeless powders. Some people who want the extra speed and extra distance might go with Triple Seven or smokeless in custom guns. *
Makes sense to me to have rifle capabilities during a muzzleloader season. Granted some people hunt high fence makes little sense to me, then you can pick your weapon of choice.
Buck Shot first you have to have a muzzle loaded gun to hunt during that season ! Second the accuracy is awesome third is range you can shoot 300 yards easy with practice ! Last you don’t have to clean them but once a year other than wipe down !!
Another great reason is that you will be able to see where your deer goes after the shot. Traditionally there's a huge cloud of smoke & i have shot deer & once the cloud dispursed there was no deer to be seen & all i found at the site was fur,because for some reason,they don't always bleed on impact with a muzzleloader. I had a hell of a time finding that deer. Would have been easy had i seen where it went.
If you see enough rusted out bores, it might make more sense. If you see a chronograph display 2,950 feet per second with a 275 grain bullet, it might make more sense. If you understand some of these rifles can produce 5,000 foot pounds of energy, it might make more sense. If you have ever lost a deer due to a delayed ignition, it might make more sense. The breech plugs, and primer modules designed by Jeff Hankins have revolutionized muzzleloaders.
