I stopped by an Army/Navy store today and was looking through the guns when something caught my eye. An unfired, in the box CVA colonial pistol. Next to it was an unfired, in the box Pietta steel frame 1851 Colt Navy .36 cal. Asking price was $150 for the CVA and $250 for the Pietta.
The store owner told me he'd sell me both guns and all the "stuff" that was with them (they took them in on trade) for $300.
Included with the Pietta and CVA are: an unopened can of Pyrodex P, a CVA tubular brass flask (looks to be a Pedersoli), 2 tins of #11 caps (1 of CCI, 1 of RWS), A box of 100 Speer .375" round balls, a pack of 25 or 50(don't remember) .45 round balls, an unopened pack or Ox Yoke .36 cal lubed felt wads, an unopened pack of lubed (Bore Butter) .45 cal patches. a ball puller, a powder measure, an unopened tube of Bore Butter( the large tube), and I forget what else.
What thinketh ye merry gentleman of this deal? Good, bad, or ugly?
The Pietta is $249.99 at Cabelas and is currently backordered.
Then you have to pay shipping and maybe even tax.
The CVA isn't even available anymore.
I checked them both very carefully. I'm a PITA that way. I scrutinize and nitpick anything I consider buying.
They are both absolutely brand new, never used.
The Pietta is very tight, from the lockup to the barrel/wedge fit. It looks every bit as well made as my Pietta Remington NA. The timing is perfect. The trigger pull is the same as all the '51 Navy Repros I've handled.
Isn't there some kind of pinning I can do to the Colt and Remington hammers to eliminate the trigger creep they all seem to have?
I've seen those CVA Colonial pistols priced at $100-$150 for WELL used condition in pawn shops before, never seen one that was unfired before today.
Yeah, I put it on layaway. I've been wanting a Navy.
I thought about getting a Kentucky pistol stock blank and inletting it for the CVA. It'll be shorter barreled than a Kentucky, but, I can live with that.
The store owner told me he'd sell me both guns and all the "stuff" that was with them (they took them in on trade) for $300.
Included with the Pietta and CVA are: an unopened can of Pyrodex P, a CVA tubular brass flask (looks to be a Pedersoli), 2 tins of #11 caps (1 of CCI, 1 of RWS), A box of 100 Speer .375" round balls, a pack of 25 or 50(don't remember) .45 round balls, an unopened pack or Ox Yoke .36 cal lubed felt wads, an unopened pack of lubed (Bore Butter) .45 cal patches. a ball puller, a powder measure, an unopened tube of Bore Butter( the large tube), and I forget what else.
What thinketh ye merry gentleman of this deal? Good, bad, or ugly?
The Pietta is $249.99 at Cabelas and is currently backordered.
Then you have to pay shipping and maybe even tax.
The CVA isn't even available anymore.
I checked them both very carefully. I'm a PITA that way. I scrutinize and nitpick anything I consider buying.
They are both absolutely brand new, never used.
The Pietta is very tight, from the lockup to the barrel/wedge fit. It looks every bit as well made as my Pietta Remington NA. The timing is perfect. The trigger pull is the same as all the '51 Navy Repros I've handled.
Isn't there some kind of pinning I can do to the Colt and Remington hammers to eliminate the trigger creep they all seem to have?
I've seen those CVA Colonial pistols priced at $100-$150 for WELL used condition in pawn shops before, never seen one that was unfired before today.
Yeah, I put it on layaway. I've been wanting a Navy.
I thought about getting a Kentucky pistol stock blank and inletting it for the CVA. It'll be shorter barreled than a Kentucky, but, I can live with that.