CVA..

[GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL]

Took one of my CVA .45 HunterBolts out today and shot it 4 times. Standard load- 110 grains of TS3fff and the 209's of course. This time however, I was firing a lot heavier sabots than the 180's I normally use. I can't help it. Every time I even think about my CVA's I remember a man (or somebody) that used to jump on this site at least once or twice a month and bad mouth CVA's. Talking about how cheap they were made and how they were alway's exploding and hurting the user and all...Well, mine explodes to but it all goes out the muzzle like it's supposed to and the only thing about me that mine ever hurt was my little bony assed shoulder when I hot loaded. I like those HunterBolts a lot. My grand nephew has a CVA break open. .50 caliber. I think it's called a Kodiak but I'm not sure. My rifles are all standard bolt. I don't know...a break open just seem's sort of perverted to me. Of course I'm sure there are a lot of flinters out there that think my inlines are slightly perverted to say the least. He sure like's his though. Pretty good shot with it to...Well, just felt like typing here for a bit....PS, better correct something here. I call it a break open; he call's it a pivot or tilt or something like that....

 

[Pulp]

A day spent shooting is better than a day(or night) at work! Which is where I am.

 

[Shultzhaus]

CVA had a problem back in 1995-97, but have not heard of anything lately. I have a Buckhorn that is from 2008, and it has improvements over older ones, like two mounting screws instead of one, and a solid steel end plug instead of the plastic one. Some of the "accidents" that I have heard of were, guys loading 3- 50g pellets right out of the box. If they used 777, they were already overloaded by 15%. I use 70g 777 and a 250 g sabot, and have good groups at 100 yds. No need to use elephant loads for target work. I have not heard any Randy rants lately, so maybe someone told him to sit down , and shut up.

 

[GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL]

Yeah...Randy. That sound's like that might have been his name. I'vd heard that the BuckHorn is a good little rifle. Don't know anybody around this part of the country who own's one. I do know a couple of people who own the Wolverine and they really like them. I think that's a CVA rifle to. .50 caliber I think. Anyway, I like CVA's and lot's of other people around here do also and I'vd never had any trouble with mine and have never heard any of them make any disparaging remarks about them.... Yeah, I know. But out through here there is a lot of open spaces and lot's of times one need's to make longer shots than like from thicket to thicket or 40 yards from a tree stand. That's why I settled on 110 grains. Using TS3fff is sort of on the warm side in itself but not overly so, not with 110 grains. Well anyway, I like my HunterBolts. I don't keep up with all of these various new products the companies are alway's coming out with from year to year but if I had to guess I'd say they don't even make HunterBolts any more. Really don't care if they do or not. I'vd got mine....Good luck with your BuckHorn. Enjoy....Hi Pulp....

 

[alsaqr]

i own two CVA rifles, an older StagHorn and a Magnum Hunter. Both are good serviceable guns. That StagHorn has killed about 20 deer and many dozen hogs for me.

 

[GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL]

Alsaqr..Wild pig!! Damn good eating there ol' son!....

 

[Bluehawk]

I do recall reading a whole bunch of stuff and a recall about faulty bolts on certain CVA's but I've only owned their Kentucky rifles. I have two of them and love them. Their barrels are extremely accurate. I built my first one in 1980 while down in Texas....still have that one (although modified now) and another one I picked up in a trade a few years ago.
Speaking of which...any of you guys happen to have an old percussion bolster for the CVA Kentucky? It's the one that is closed at the opposite end and has a channel running through it. (No...Dixie does not have that particular one.)

 

[GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL]

Did you try 'Track of The Wolf' and 'VTI' BlueHawk?....

 

[mr16ga]

If CVA had a problem they would have been sued out of existence.

 

[Bluehawk]

CVA was sued if I remember correctly and settled out of court...a number of people were severley injured.

 

[Bluehawk]

Gentleman...no I haven't tried them yet...thanks.

 

[mykeal]

Deer Creek Products in Waldron, IN bought all the old CVA sidelock parts for both pistols and rifles. They don't have a web site. Call 765 525-6181.

 

[rs3604]

I had a cva bobcat for my first muzzle loader and the only problem I ever had was that it wouldn't stop rusting. Figure that was bore butter, used it to season the bore, after that it never stopped rusting.

 

[Voodoochile]

I too had a CVA Bobcat & although mine didn't tend to rust my minor issue was the small flame channel from the percussion bolster to the main charge, I call it minor because I learned real quick to bump the stock on the lock side & it seemed to keep ignition reliable by I guess trickling some powder into the channel prior to loading the projectile.

I will say though the Bobcat was really light so anything over 70gr. FFFG &/or heavier than 200gr. Projectile made her a bit heavy on the shoulder when she was touched off.

 

[AJumbo]

There was time when you just didn't know what what would come out of the box when you ordered one of their sidehammer guns or kits. I built a lot of them for friends; some are still ticking away like a Timex, and others needed new locks (and in one particularly egregious example, a complete replacement Big Bore Mountain Rifle Kit) to be reliable. I'm afraid that reputation has hung about CVA's neck until the present day. Back then, it made a TC guy out of me.