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I have a Paramount 40 hunter and with a little fine tuning it shoots really well, but not with the Powerbelt ELR bullets they recommend. I would not recommend these bullets. Recently I found that when using the CVA muzzle brake the "belt" was coming apart in the brake causing a real issue with performance. This was confirmed by CVA who stated that the initial bullets had a manufacturing defect.
I sent Bob Parker an email asking about the Parker 250 grain 40 cal bullets they produce after reading about them on this blog. Bob called me less than 15 minutes later(on a Sunday) and explained how to use his product. These are metal to bore bullets...no sabot or belt. The bullets basically are sized by you to fit your gun. I was somewhat leery of doing this but he convinced me it was the right way to go, so I bought the bullets and the sizing tool. I just went to the range today and I have to say the results were outstanding. I didn't have time to chronograph these but they shot sub moa at 100 yards with 120 volume BH 209...5 shots. I only had access to the hundred-yard range so I have no idea what it will do at longer ranges.
Bob Parker tells me that a Paramount 40 was used by Barry Brakebill to win the Long Range National Championship Muzzle Loader event at Friendship just recently using these bullets. Not sure what Barry did to upgrade the gun but will find out.
As far as the rifle itself I've had no issues with it. I've read about blow back from the breech plug but have not experienced that. Now when I load this rifle up near max powder that may change. I have a Leupold Mark 4 scope on gun which is probably overkill but I am a long-range rifle shooter and had the scope so I am using it.
Any insight anyone could offer would be helpful on improving what appears initially to be pretty good performance.
I sent Bob Parker an email asking about the Parker 250 grain 40 cal bullets they produce after reading about them on this blog. Bob called me less than 15 minutes later(on a Sunday) and explained how to use his product. These are metal to bore bullets...no sabot or belt. The bullets basically are sized by you to fit your gun. I was somewhat leery of doing this but he convinced me it was the right way to go, so I bought the bullets and the sizing tool. I just went to the range today and I have to say the results were outstanding. I didn't have time to chronograph these but they shot sub moa at 100 yards with 120 volume BH 209...5 shots. I only had access to the hundred-yard range so I have no idea what it will do at longer ranges.
Bob Parker tells me that a Paramount 40 was used by Barry Brakebill to win the Long Range National Championship Muzzle Loader event at Friendship just recently using these bullets. Not sure what Barry did to upgrade the gun but will find out.
As far as the rifle itself I've had no issues with it. I've read about blow back from the breech plug but have not experienced that. Now when I load this rifle up near max powder that may change. I have a Leupold Mark 4 scope on gun which is probably overkill but I am a long-range rifle shooter and had the scope so I am using it.
Any insight anyone could offer would be helpful on improving what appears initially to be pretty good performance.