In the beginning, CVA was a Connecticut company that moved to Georgia.
The single recall and or lawsuits must have caused CVA to lose a lot of money.
CVA was the importer which the CVA name was bought out by CVA's manufacturer Dikar , by forming a new company, BPI outdoors.
Most everything that you want to know about the old and new CVA can be found on this page. --->>>
https://www.randywakeman.com/DangerousMuzzleloadersAHistory.htm
" It is a puzzling, tortured trail of paperwork for also right now Dikar S. Coop of Bergara, Spain, owns 100% of the stock of Blackpowder Products, Inc., so the manufacturer is the one and the same. The "Old CVA" had Bob Hickey and Jay Brenneman as its officials, while the new company Blackpowder Products had Bob Hickey listed as its C.F.O. until 2006. You don't hear much about Jay Brenneman, but Jay moved on to become CEO of Traditions Performance Firearms, another saga in itself selling extruded barrel Spanish muzzleloaders as well, mostly made by Ardesa of Spain.
Ostensibly, the "CVA answer" was grab officespace in Georgia, fund and form an American company "B.P.I" and rescue CVA from the throes of its bankruptcy. They hired Bob Hickey, former CVA Prez, and found a couple of other employees like Dudley that they picked up from general sporting goods and clothing sales. Bingo, now the inmates not just run the asylum, they also own it. Better yet, as no outside part gets a cut of sales. B.P.I acquired the "assets" of CVA (
not much except a brand name), Bob Hickey CFO still had all his distribution connections and it was off to the races."
Founded in 1999,
BPI immediately acquired the
CVA brand, and through other acquisitions, grew to be the number-one selling muzzle-loading gun brand in the United States. --->>>
https://roi-consulting.com/company/our-clients/black-powder-products-inc-bpi-outdoors/#:~:text=Founded in 1999, BPI immediately,line of silencers as well.
BPI history --->>>
https://www.bpioutdoors.com/history/