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Sep 15, 2026
PowerBelt Copper V2: CVA Endura & Optima XP Muzzleloader Breakdown w/ Brad Watts | Muzzle-Loaders Podcast EP. 86
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6:52HunterHOST
Yeah, hand me the
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6:52Brad WattsGUEST
cutaway and I can kind of explain some of the things that kind of make this an improvement from the original copper series.
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7:00Brad WattsGUEST
You know, if we rewind back, it was really developed back when a hundred grain charges were more the standard.
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7:06Brad WattsGUEST
And so it was really optimized for that is for pretty much white tail deer, you know, mule deer.
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7:13Brad WattsGUEST
And, you know, yes, it can be used on elk, but it was for lighter animals, lower powder charges.
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7:19Brad WattsGUEST
And, you know, as you know, most of the guns we're building today, it's like 150 grain charges, you know, those, these Magnum loads are what people are running.
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11:02HunterHOST
Pretty much
Everything You Need to Know About Muzzleloaders w/ Brad Watts // CVA
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56:05Brad WattsGUEST
If I'm taking all this time to go out in the woods to-The, the cheapest part of that whole thing is probably the powder in my gun.
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56:13Brad WattsGUEST
And so if I have to throw that away because I've been hunting for three days and I didn't shoot the gun, kind of is what it is, and I'll go forward with that.
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56:21Brad WattsGUEST
Now, I do know that there's people that have said, "Oh, yeah, I've kept mine a little longer, and it hasn't been an issue." But, you know, if it's wet weather, I'm going to consider, you know, if it, if I'm hunting in the rain, I'm using new powder every day because it's a high likelihood that maybe some moisture got down the barrel even if I have tape over it or, you know, that flash hole, there is moisture, you know, that can get in there.
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