cva hawken

[spence]

Saw a cva hawken for sale on gun broker. Is that a good brand? Safe? I have never shot balk powder before . Is there a forum for brand info? thanks

 

[frontiergander]

great little rifles! I rebuilt mine a couple years ago with a new/longer barrel, xcellent shooter.

I have another .50cal hawken on my work table that I am going to fully restore and upgrade.

www.frontiermuzzleloading.com

 

[short barrel]

Never liked CVA until the nation went nuts over in-lines. Now I love all side lock muzzleloaders.

 

[Iggy]

CVA rifles 30 years ago would shoot plumb center. Don't know about now.

 

[frontiergander]

they shoot just as sweet. Better bores on them as well, super smooth like a mirror.

 

[AJumbo]

They were good rifles, though I (somewhat foolishly) tended to look down my nose at them, favoring TCs and even Lymans over CVAs. Thing is, I built up a mess of CVAs for friends, and those rifles are still running today.

 

[slumlord44]

For the money, the best deal out there. Actually as good as most anything out there regardless of price. Have been deer hunting with a .54 Hawken for a couple of years. Will hit the kill zone in a whitetail at 90-100 yards if I do my part. Have a .45 Kentucky that I built from a kit in the '70's. Also very accurate. Have a .50 Express. It will keep both barrels in an 8" circle at 90 yards. If the bore is good they will be accurate.

 

[Will5A1]

Before you buy consider handling one, for me all the traditional CVA's (Hawken, Frontier, Mountain) have a length of pull (LOP) that is too short for me, the T-C's fit better, the Lyman GPR fits me best of all.

 

[frontiergander]

im 6'3 and my cva hawken fits like a glove.

 

[spence]

Thanks for all the in put . I think I will buy it.