A Moment of Weakness

[NMHawken]

Local gunstore is going out of business and giving deep discounts. Should have insisted on him opening it up, but it certainly isn't the flintlock he said it was, but I know have another 50 cal percussion rifle. It's missing the H plate for joining the stocks, but I have that and an extra pin on order. My first kit, it will be practice for the Kibler kit I hope to order soon.

Dave

 

[longcruise]

Nice to score a deal like that. A rare opportunity. Being a CVA I expect it's a 45 caliber. Don't let this one scare you away from the Kibler. The Kibler will be much easier to build than this one!

 

[Gtrubicon]

Great score! I’m trying to find the same gun in percussion.

 

[NMHawken]

You're correct, despite what the gunstore gent told me, it's a 45 caliber percussion, he was wrong all the way around.

 

[longcruise]

The kits and rifles that were CVA Kentuckys were all 45 caliber. Traditions makes them now and they do make a 45 and a 50.

I had a 45 for a short while and it's accuracy was very good.

 

[NMHawken]

Looking forward to putting this one together. Give me time to assemble the other necessary shooting pieces and parts, ball, and mould.

 

[deerstalkert]

You're correct, despite what the gunstore gent told me, it's a 45 caliber percussion, he was wrong all the way around.

I wish i had a new Kibler for every side lock percussion I have heard referred to as a flintlock, just because it was a sidelock. even on some 60's shows on rerun.

 

[SDSmlf]

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Local gunstore is going out of business and giving deep discounts. Should have insisted on him opening it up, but it certainly isn't the flintlock he said it was, but I know have another 50 cal percussion rifle. It's missing the H plate for joining the stocks, but I have that and an extra pin on order. My first kit, it will be practice for the Kibler kit I hope to order soon.

DaveView attachment 354908

Passed on a Tradition’s Kentucky percussion kit NIB at a post shoot auction today for $155. Just didn’t seem worth the bother for a potential $50+/- profit, but the buyer seemed happy. Deals are out there if you are patient.

 

[longcruise]

You're correct, despite what the gunstore gent told me, it's a 45 caliber percussion, he was wrong all the way around.

According to the picture on the box it's a flintlock. Since that was wrong, might want to check the barrel markings to confirm caliber.

 

[OLUT]

The image on the upper left part of the box does indeed show a percussion lock

 

[NMHawken]

It is percussion and a 45 caliber.

 

[longcruise]

The image on the upper left part of the box does indeed show a percussion lock

Aha! So it is. Good catch.

 

[Bucks Co]

I 'rebuilt' a poorly assembled kit of a 45 percussion CVA - forget the joining plate and join the stocks without it - you'll have to do something different with the nose cap - I replaced mine with self made one and after a lot of grief with the lock I finally replaced it with an L&R RPL. I also removed a lot of wood from the fore-end and fined down the lock panels; Drilled out the ramrod pipes and fitted a slightly larger rod: Most people now don't recognise it as CVA and it shoots far better than I can hold it. Yes I do have some Custom and semi-custom Muzzleloader's but some days it's just nice to take out this little treasure and have fun with it. If I damage it; it's not going to hurt as much as if I put a mark on the Bedford or Bucks Co.!!

 

[hanshi]

In my experience these "economy" rifles shoot much better than they should. A $1000+ won't buy a rifle necessarily any more accurate than what you got.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

Nice to score a deal like that. A rare opportunity. Being a CVA I expect it's a 45 caliber. Don't let this one scare you away from the Kibler. The Kibler will be much easier to build than this one!

The barrels on those are capable of excellent accuracy.

 

[NMHawken]

I will shoot this one for sure! Had thoughts of having the barrel sleeved to a squirrel gun caliber, but if it shoots well, I won't.

 

[jambuster]

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Local gunstore is going out of business and giving deep discounts. Should have insisted on him opening it up, but it certainly isn't the flintlock he said it was, but I know have another 50 cal percussion rifle. It's missing the H plate for joining the stocks, but I have that and an extra pin on order. My first kit, it will be practice for the Kibler kit I hope to order soon.

DaveView attachment 354908

I've seen some that people really invested some time in come out looking really nice. This will probably be a lot of fun and likely a good shooter.