CVA Hawken.

[plain old dave]

Just got it at the Starke, FL gun show. $100 otd, which wasn't bad. Needs a little work.

Bore is sharp, and that was why I bought it.

Has a wrong wedge, as it is a bit short and loose.

The ramrod retaining spring is either backwards or missing.

And the set trigger is stuck.

Haven't got home just yet to start working on it, but there it is.

Also, is there a way to tell how old it is?

 

[Zonie]

Not really.

The CVA rifles were made in Spain and their proof marking system doesn't require the date of the proof test on the gun.

CVA was importing and selling their muzzleloaders from the very early 1970's up until a few years ago when they dropped all of their sidelock guns.

 

[Dandyfunk]

I have bought two cva guns recently, both needing work. Love them both. Have fun.

 

[azmntman]

I scored an older CVA .50 1-66 and it will do 2" at 90 yards. may be better when I get the dutch system down. Thats was with .490 prb 65 grains 3f goex, Hoppes # 9 patch lube and rested on the corolla window! It in pretty good shape and paid $149.00. I like

 

[plain old dave]

Update:

Got the piece over to a friend's place here in FL. The Wedge was in backwards, as it is now good and tight, but appears short to me.

The ramrod retaining spring is missing and apparently has been for a while.

Cleaned some on the bore and it is very good.

The bolster was pretty nasty, but Ballistol is our friend and has done remarkably well.

Currently, the piece is soaking in Ballistol and I am going to First Strike here in Jax later today for .54 RBs and hopefully a spare nipple or 2.

 

[Alden]

My CVA Hawken (sorry fellas, that's what it is) has a 12-1/2" LOP.

 

[shmrck1]

My CVA Hawken (sorry fellas, that's what it is) has a 12-1/2" LOP.

Alden,
Why apologize for having a CVA Hawken.
I have three and I won't apologize for any of them. They have served me well. :thumbsup:
snake-eyes

 

[Black Jack]

I believe he is apologizing for his use of the hallowed word "Hawken". Since that is the name CVA attached to this model rifle, he could do naught else, but there are those who violently object to the name Hawken being applied to any except an original or museum-quality replica of a specific piece.

 

[azmntman]

I have a Hawken 30-30, 2 piece stock. And a few different Traditions, CVA and Invest Arms Hawkens. Oh that I could afford an original! And yer dang right I'd shoot it! :blah:

 

[Black Jack]

I have a Hawken 30-30, 2 piece stock. And a few different Traditions, CVA and Invest Arms Hawkens. Oh that I could afford an original! And yer dang right I'd shoot it! :blah:

There is a hostile tribe of purists out there who will never, ever forgive Thompson Center for naming their flagship rifle the "Hawken", in spite of the fact that it did much to revive interest in black powder shooting.

By the way, would appreciate pics of the 30-30.

 

[azmntman]

I was takin pics for ya and the dang camera broke :grin: soo solly challey :blah:

Well i'm no purist and if I buy it as a Hawken and looks like one (to me) it's a Hawken! Im just in this for the historical fun factor of shooting a gun "kinda like" my great greats did to feed the folks. And I hunt 95% of the time with em too! Love it!

 

[Alden]

I'm sorry -- what's a Hawken 30-30? You don't mean a .30-30 Win. cartridge chambered "Hawken" I presume...

 

[azmntman]

well....I can call it whatever I want :blah: ! Nah I was just joshin, I have one but bet I haven't shot in in 15-18 years. Was actually my first centerfire rifle, dad bought it for me when I was 10. We traded (30-06 for it) and when he passed I got it back.

I had 2 BP rifles before that though. He let me have them cuz he was pretty sure "i wouldn't shoot out any street lights with it" (never did let me have a bb gun???)

 

[cynthialee]

I just think it is all the same.
You have a hunk of wood holding a metal tube that is loaded with a small amount of gunpowder and lead. A neat firelock sets it all off and if you point the thing just so you can put a hole dead center of what you was pointing it at.
Cut the wood one way and call it one thing, cut the wood in a slightly different pattern and it is another name.
Every single one of them works pretty much the exact same way.

 

[Alden]

LOL All what I refer to in demonstrations of eight-centuries of firearms as variations of "a tube on a stick."

 

[Rick Boylan]

I have a "Hawkenish" CVA tube on a stick in .50 myself. The fist BP rifle I ever bought.

I worked with the previous owner and he just bought it to hang on the wall over his fireplace. I paid $200 for it. Never been fired or made dirty. I did both. Great shooter and accurate as heck. I showed a friend that you can hit a clay pigeon at 50 yards with it. He missed the clay using his AR-15. I hit it with my CVA. He was very impressed. Actually, so was I.

 

[bubba.50]

be more impressive if ya told us ya shot that pigeon on the fly :grin: .

 

[Zonie]

I didn't even know pigeon's wore pants, let alone pants with a fly. :shocked2:

 

[awebbersr]

Not bad Zonie! :thumbsup:

 

[Wes/Tex]

be more impressive if ya told us ya shot that pigeon on the fly :grin: .

Be careful, they might not like you shooting the pigeons! Last thing you need in your life is a blitzkrieg! https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com...f2vUvNyxDTgy1GcJvxtAfFuu_CHdInGeB1kuk_BQpnoIw