CVA kentuckey hunter

[David Austin]

I'm having second thought about shooting this...those cracks are deep. Maybe wrapping the butt in wet rawhide?

 

[David Austin]

Finished...or as finished as I care to. I still don't know what I'm doing with photos. I am truly sorry.

 

[smokeum54]

Sorry to see those cracks in your stock, these are nice guns. Pretty much a perfect mix between a cva mt. rifle and kentucky.

I happen to have 2 of them, found 20 years apart, and believe it or not with sequential serial numbers.

 

[smokeum54]

One thing you might want to look out for is the ramrod underlug screws might be pushing into the barrel. Those dimples are from the screws. The one on the left my dad shot for years, it was very accurate. The first 2 screws poke in but its hard to see if the 3rd does. Not sure if there all like that or if it was a batch issue since mine are sequential numbers.

 

[David Austin]

Well, I did a horse trade for the rifle. Since I have no idea how to post pictures, here are a few details. 33 1/2 inch barrel. Two barrel wedges, they are spaced farther apart from my CVA mountain rifle. The comb of the stock is curved, a slight hump. Right where the spacer would be on the 2 piece Kentucky rifle, there is about a 2 inch wooden " nose cap". The brass side plate is stamped engraved. Barrel stamped Kentucky Hunter. No current range report available, as the sand bass are running, and turkey season opens tomorrow.

Wood nosecap on mine broke three times...too thin on the off side...replacing it with a brass cap from TOTW. So far...it looks ...ok...

 

[David Austin]

Nose cap looks 'ok'. looks great at the range.it works...big cloud of grey smoke...oh yeah...black powder

 

[David Austin]

Took it to the range...I made three shots,,,my buddy made one...first shot at 25 yards took out the throat of the silhouette...second shot took out the heart and the third was in the same hole. He shot..."I'm trying for the center of the paper."..did it. Brought along the GPR...it just made the heart hole ragged...I am pleased. Buddy kept the target and you know how I am with cameras.

 

[David Austin]

I've been dissatisfied with the color of the stock. The previous pics were after three or more applications of Minwax oil based Early American finish...So...I made up some BLO based stain...Scarlet Rit...blo...and everclear. quite a bit of everclear. It was 20 year old BLO and thick.

After one application:

 

[David Austin]

Three coats of my homemade red. This is getting interesting...for me.