Found a Hunterbolt .54 on GB

[BradMc67]

Scored a pretty nice CVA Hunterbolt on GB a couple days ago. Ive been looking for a .54 cal for awhile, but wasn't looking for a collector piece, I wanted something that could take some abuse deer hunting out of climbing treestands, (that's why I didn't have much interest in the White, deermanok, it was too nice!) I also bought a .54 because I want some serious knockdown power. I've never had a deer go more than 60 yds with my Wolf .50, but I'm planing to hunt some small areas this winter, and want to make sure they don't leave our property. I decided to start with 375 gr. CVA Deerslayer bullets, and from what I've read so far 80-90 gr. 777 should do the trick. Does anyone have any experience with these rifles or bullets, they want to share? Also, the Remington 700 ml I had, had a metal removable weather guard on the end of the bolt which enclosed the nipple area. Did they offer anything like that for the Hunterbolts? ~ Brad

 

[BradMc67]

Got to take it out for about 30 min. Shot at 50 yds, started at 80 gr, ended up at 90.last 3 shots were at the blue, top one was last shot after small scope adjustment. Will clean it up good tonight, and try some 3 shot groups this weekend. I will say the deerslayer bullets started tight, seemed a bit loose in the middle, and snug as it seated, and the gun seemed to shoot better dirty. Jury is still out on that.

 

[deermanok]

Good for you man. Glad you found a good deer rifle.

 

[BradMc67]

Good for you man. Glad you found a good deer rifle.

It ought to knock em dead, and I'll only be dropping $150 out of the tree if it ever takes a dive.

 

[brad502a]

i do not believe that they made a bolt guard. i had one for a while in 50. and I ended up making a new breech plug because of the blow back.

 

[BradMc67]

I will probably have to make one. A piece of 20 ga shell worked on my Rem 700 until I found an actual weatherguard for it.