Re: MtMan-List: CVA Products

[mxhbc@TTACS.TTU.EDU (Henry B. Crawford)]

If this discussion was had before, I apologize for missing it.  I am sure
both of my CVA's are good guns.  They were probably made before the company
began cutting corners.

The Mountain Rifle I have (ser. #66574) is the old style complete with two
barrel keys, patch box, German silver nose cap, and double set triggers,
none of which are found in the newer version.  It has a good breech plug
and a strong barrel.  It was also made here in the USA.  Says so on the
barrel.  Apparently when they changed the style, they also changed the
quality.

Todd is right.  The older CVA's, which both of mine are, are certainly
better than the newer ones.  My pistol's breech end, nipple assembly, and
lock system are made exactly like the old mountain rifle, which is well
built.  All being said, I think I'll keep them both.

Cheers,
HBC


>I think we went this round once or twice before......
>
>Like many others, my introduction to black powder was by way of an inexpensive
>CVA Mountain Rifle kit back in 1975. The thing always shot well and I put a
>lot of balls through it over the years. A few years back I had to change the
>main spring as it had finally lost much of its spring.
>
>I did notice that sometime in the mid 80's, CVA's products took a turn for the
>worse and you couldn't give me anything they make nowadays. (Except if it were
>real cold outside and i was out of firewood)
>
>I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think the original CVA products were
>better than their later products, but even the early stuff doesn't come close
>to being called "quality."  I have a nice semi custom rifle now, but I also
>still have the CVA and it keeps on ticking.
>
>Todd Glover

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