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Best in line for the money? Any help and no monkey business , I know a few of you!!!! Range is about 600 bucks!!! Thanks!

For Colorado, the CVA Accura V2 would be top on my list. Its a great conical shooter and easy to care for.

Thompson Center Omega

omega is the worse for colorado shooters, tc doesnt even recommend concials in their rifles.

It depends entirely on what the OP wants from the rifle, same as any other.

Traditional? Inline? Flint? Percussion? Rifled? Smooth? Use? Game? Length?

There isn't much to go on except the price range, so "best" is a bad guess at this point.

Uh ... re-read. He said inline.

Tom

I stand corrected.

If one can be found, an older White would be very nice.

This elk doesn't recommend conicals out of a T/C either. Or the elk before it, or the one before that.

sorry but they wont guarantee you anything on conicals and recommend you STICK to sabots. Their QLA is junk.

Sorry, but I'll just keep shooting elk with one of my T/C in-lines that shoots conicals well.

hows it do with lead conicals?

It does well.

thats what i figured i'd get back

I don't shoot copper conicals, so that pretty much leaves lead.

Nothing gets by you.

sabots are illegal here. I will go pick up a few and discuss some of your comments. Field comments are a good way to feel out for new weapons. I have an old T/C Hawken and I clean it all the time. But one practice round and you better clean her up. Really hates any moisture as well. So, I will up grade and maybe in 10 years know more about shooting the smokepole. Thanks guy's so far!! I like the 50 cal. Anyone have other comments on cal. size. I can't use pellets either, so will my range be about the same 100 yds as it is now. I am guessing I will have less misfires. Well, I am hoping and this is one reason besides cleaning that I want to upgrade.

50cal for an inline, 45's are illegal for elk/moose in colorado. If its a sidelock, 54cal + shooting round ball works great. I shoot a 58cal hawken for my pleasure.

Yeah, I know 50 is the lowest limit here. Was seeing if picking your guy's brain about 54 or 58 if there was something I was missing!! 58 would be a wallop!!!

I'd stick with .50, you'll have a much better selection of bullets. The only reason to go larger is to shoot round balls, which are not going to shoot with the twist rates in most in-lines.

And I think you should! Because you got one that has a QLA cut straight and it shoots conicals well. Heck my brother got one too. However, MY Omega shoots conicals at a 5-8 inch group at 25 yards. Sent it back to T/C and they told me to shoot sabots. They told me there was nothing wrong with my barrel. I tried for 4 years, 3 different powders, wads, and many bullets. The ones that shot 8 inch groups was No Excuse bullets. Those bullets must be junk right?

So be happy you got a good one but be advised that many people have had problems getting conicals to shoot with the QLA that T/C has on all their modern inlines. So if you buy one that doesn't, you are SOL, because if you call them, they will tell you: "We don't guarantee they will shoot conicals"

That said, if you want to only shoot sabots, you can't find a better designed gun! And I killed my elk last year in Colorad with a T/C gun: my 50 cal renegade (no QLA)!

Well, you just need to get close, that's what muzzleloader hunting is all about.