any onfo on a 12 ga. CVA

[kayja]

I would like any info on this CVA Gobbles series, special edition 2000. 12 ga percussion.. thanks

 

[Rebel]

What kind of info? Load info, specs, value, etc?

 

[kayja]

Value and if it is a gun worth having.. thanks

 

[Rebel]

Not a whole lot of value i wouldn't think, maybe $175 or so. They are just the CVA Trapper single shot .12 ga with an emblem in the buttstock. As for shooting they don't do too bad. 80 grs of 2f powder a few thin overshot wads, 1 1/8 oz of shot and another overshot card should be good for rabbits, squirrels and such. Even turkey at shorter ranges.

 

[Runner]

Thick wall Trapper with a built in full choke. I have been told one batch had screw in chokes, but have never seen one that did. The screw in chokes Trapper barrel is much lighter than the Gobblers I have seen. 90 grains of 2f, thick card wad, 120 of number sixes, and a thin over shot wad will roll a turkey at 40 yards out of my Trapper. The Gobbler should like that load too. I can load and shoot all day hunting with mine without using a lube, but I use Pyrodex in the gun. I had to swab every couple of shots using black. I want pretty much the same gun with a cylinder bore for shooting roundball, and again, I have breen told they exist. I have not found one yet. They are wonderful light carry shotguns that work well without any of the frills of the better guns. My 12 Trapper is somewhere between 4 and 5 pounds. The Gobbler is a little heavier.

 

[kayja]

My barrel is .719, would you call that full choked?, I think the standard barrel is .729

 

[mark/wi]

I bought a trapper from Dixie Gun Work the last year they had them.It was sold to me as a Trapper, but came with a Gobbler barrel. That was fine with me, I want to hunt turkey with it. It shoots great as Runner says. I think at the time CVA was just selling off what they had around. Mark/Wi

 

[Runner]

What choke that is would be relative to the starting bore diameter. The ones I know of were advertised as full choke. Mine has screw in tubes. I had to bend my barrel to get it to hit point of aim. I don't consider that a big problem, but someone else might. I once heard a guy say they had to be junk because the trigger was too loose. It is a light dependable field gun that is pleasant for everything until you reach heavy loads. It shoots slightly tighter at 30 yards with the modified tube than it does the full. It has harvested dove, rabbit, squirrel, and turkey. What is that worth? I bought mine new in the box with the 50 barrel included for 217$ delivered.
I want a cylinder bore gun with a little longer barrel that is a little more PC. That and it kicks real bad with turkey loads are my only complaints.

PS: I have not solved steel loads yet for waterfowl hunting.

 

[paulvallandigham]

The barrel and chokes are not designed for steel shot, Runner. You might get away for a few shots, using the heavy plastic shot wads that Ballistics Products sell, with Steel, Bismuth, or Heavy Shot, but I would not recommend anything like a steady diet, and you will still need to call them in close to kill them. BP is not going to give you those fast velocities with heavy loads like you can get with smokeless. The gun was not built to take the kind of dram loads you would need to even get close. I would be more worried about the stock developing a crack than the barrel bursting, but it still would not be good for the gun. Buy a shotgun designed to shoot steel shot, and have that piece of mind. Then work up your loads.