CVA Mountaineer

Hank Mcmauser · Jan 4, 2025

Won this today on GB. It's a pretty plain model. From what I've read it comes with a 28" barrel. 1 wedge, recoil pad on butt stock. No patchbox. Should take a bit to get here. Seller only deals in check, or Money Orders. More pics when it arrives.
Most every search I do is coming back with Mountain rifle. This is the Mountaineer.

Hank Mcmauser · 2025-01-21T18:40:43-0500

Got the rifle in today just before the snowmaggedon hit the Gulf Coast . It is in pretty decent shape, rifling looks good, has a some hard fouling in the barrel. The nipple appears to not be seating all the way into the drum. One of the ramrod tube's appears to be a handmade replacement. Rear sight looks to be a home brew peep sight.a little crude looking, but perfect for fast shots. This rifle is pretty well balance and seems quite nimble. It looks to be made in 1989
There's a little speckle of rust here and there maybe caused by a bloody/sweaty handprint .
For the nipple I was thinking about getting a 6x1 mm bottom tap and chasing the threads to see if that solves the nipple issues. I've attached a bore shot of the breech. There are pipe wrench marks on the drum, it appears to be seated fully.

Thomas.bill92 · 2025-01-21T18:53:13-0500

Hank Mcmauser said:
Got the rifle in today just before the snowmaggedon hit the Gulf Coast . It is in pretty decent shape, rifling looks good, has a some hard fouling in the barrel. The nipple appears to not be seating all the way into the drum. One of the ramrod tube's appears to be a handmade replacement. Rear sight looks to be a home brew peep sight.a little crude looking, but perfect for fast shots. Looks to be made in 1989.
There's a little speckle of rust here and there maybe caused by a bloody/sweaty handprint .
For the nipple I was thinking about getting a 6x1 mm bottom tap and chasing the threads to see if that solves the nipple issues. I've attached a bore shot of the breech. There are pipe wrench marks on the drum, it appears to be seated fully.

Clean that gal up and get to the range!

Hank Mcmauser · 2025-01-21T19:17:50-0500

I will be soon, I have to get the nipple situation sorted out first. I shoot left handed, so it's even more importanter, cuz my face is right there by the hammer.

So the issue turned out to be the clean out screw was screwed in to a depth that it was interfering with the nipple
. I had to resort to an old school impact screw remover the type you smack with a hammer turn the screw. Once it was out the nipple was prettyeasy to screw in completely. Then I put the clean out screw back in place snugly.

There does appear to be some pitting mostly in the few inches from the breech. I used hot water, and dawn soap and brushed it pretty vigorously with a 20 ga shotgun brush. Then followed with several tight patches. Also put some of my homebrew cutting boards wax in the last few patches equal parts mineral oil and beeswax . Also warmed the barrel up a bit with my heat gun to help draw out the water.

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