CVA Accura V2 with Blackhorn 209 84 grains, what’s the best bullet?

[Sacpd70]

I have a CVA Accura V2, shoot 84 grains by weight of Blackhorn 209 powder and Federal 209 A primer. I currently shoot the Powerbelt 295 grain AeroTips but don’t get a great blood trail with them. Looking to see what other bullets people like. Used for Whitetail Deer in VA. Thanks


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[Wildone]

I have the same V2 and shoot the Hornady sst 50 cal low drag sabot with 300gr 45 cal pill over 75 weighed grains of BH209. I’ve taken more than a few heads north of 165 yds with it and would feel comfortable to 200 yds as my personal limit. If shooting beyond that is a possibility I’ll take the smokeless for a ride. JMHO others mileage may vary.

50 Cal Sabot Low Drag™ with 45 Cal 300 SST® Bullet - Hornady Manufacturing, Inc

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[MallardSX2]

Sst 300 grain low drags by hornsdy. Great bullet.

 

[CMF]

My Accura mrx shoots powerbelt elr 330's and Thor 300's about the same.

Of the 2 elk and 2 deer we've shot with muzzy, only one of the elk actually ran and made it less than 100yds. It was the elr 330, and blood trail was not good at all. I think the first elk was a regular powerbelt aerotip out of cva, he dropped. I can't remember the bullets on the deer, but they both dropped.

 

[loganwayne]

Another vote for the Hornady sst 300gr

 

[Fdh]

Barnes 250 sabot

 

[wtrbrdm]

Had the mine at the range yesterday. CVA Accura MRX running 84gr (weight) of Blackhorn 209 with the Variflame rifle primer conversion. I'm running the Fury Universal .50cal (.4995). Average was 1975fps on the Lab Radar. Flies perfectly and will drop Whitetail here in VA as well as Elk back in CO. BC is G1 .26 and I calculated my dope out to 260yds. PBR is a tad over 140yds. Spinjags work perfect to load and protect the tip. I ordered an ELR jag as well and will test if those work too.

 

[spur60]

Been shooting the Barnes Spit Fire TMZ 290 gr bullets over 95 gr blackhorn by volume for a few years now and really like them.

 

[rolltide05]

I have been using 110gr by volume with Barnes 250gr./Crush Sabots combo with great results.

 

[mlevimadden]

I have a CVA Accura V2, shoot 84 grains by weight of Blackhorn 209 powder and Federal 209 A primer. I currently shoot the Powerbelt 295 grain AeroTips but don’t get a great blood trail with them. Looking to see what other bullets people like. Used for Whitetail Deer in VA. Thanks


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I used to shoot that exact load and muzzleloader with the barnes TMZ 290 sabots. My muzzleloader really liked them and the only time I didn’t get a passthrough was on a pronghorn facing head on. Found the bullet in his pelvis.

Now that I’m in CO I shoot the 300 gr Thor bullets, but I’d go back to the sabots if they were legal.

 

[Undrcoverrednek]

I'm not sure if got your new bullet pick straight for the VA muzzleloader season, but now is the time to stuff on sale for next year. I switched from T/C Shockwave to Barnes 250 gr spitfire tmz for the same reason to get better blood trails. Only ever recovered one Barnes, the rest are all pass throughs with good size exit holes.

I also hunt I'm VA and know we need good blood trails because it is usually thick and hard to track in a cutover. Here's my pro tip: if you can't get a broadside shot through the shoulders to anchor the deer, shoot the deer so the bullet exits the lower 1/3 of the chest cavity behind the front shoulder. This gets blood outside the deer quickly.

 

[BPI_Outdoors]

I have a CVA Accura V2, shoot 84 grains by weight of Blackhorn 209 powder and Federal 209 A primer. I currently shoot the Powerbelt 295 grain AeroTips but don’t get a great blood trail with them. Looking to see what other bullets people like. Used for Whitetail Deer in VA. Thanks


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You might try the PowerBelt in the 50 caliber 250 grains.#CVAOfficial.

 

[glank09]

When I first got mine, I was so excited I grabbed the only thing I could find locally, which was the Traditions Smackdown in 250 grains. It was been extremely accurate in mine and performed flawlessly on the deer I have taken, so I just keep buying it.