Dang! I love a belt clip. May have to order one for mine. It shoots good with Pyeodex P but after checking out your post n pics I will surely try some real BP and see what I get. I love mine too!
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CVA Mountain Pistol On the range
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50 grains is allot of powder for that pistol. Not that it can't handle it, that isn't the issue. Just don't think you have a long enough barrel to burn all the powder you are putting in there.
I have a .50 CVA pistol and it groups great with 30 grains of 3F at 30 yards.
I have a .50 CVA pistol and it groups great with 30 grains of 3F at 30 yards.
I'm with Cynthialee on this one. 50 grains is a bit much but, as she said, it won't hurt the gun. Fiddle up and down from 25 to about 40 and see what the gun thinks. Love to see those CVAs still being used. 30 years ago they were the big boys and everybody toted one or two hanging from those belt/sash hook! Too bad they don't take the hint and bring them back. The "Mountain" rifle and pistol were used in the hundreds if not thousands. I always had difficulty with the stock drop of the Mountain Rifle...never knew if they were too straight stocked or I'm built like a Yeti! many folks back then took to them like a duck to water and they put a zillion Bambis in the meat lockers! :thumbsup: Saw probably a dozen of the pistols modified by their owners then. Everything from plated parts of some absolutely fabulous checkering of the grip. One guy ran a 50 lines per inch checkering pattern...well, it looked like it to me. Another did the much broader pattern but added the small hole in each diamond like some early English styles. The guns were affordable and it was no big deal if your idea crapped out...sand over and try something else. The guns had plenty of wood for fiddling and they shot well! Have fun with yours...I still remember a picture with Rick Hacker in his best "Jeremiah" outfit with two stuck in a thick, wide belt! :thumbsup: :haha:
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After seeing that group, if the pistol wants 50 grs. It gets 50 grains.
I must also agree with Cynthialee in that 50gr. is quite a bit for a pistol. Usually you will find better performance with a lighter charge, about 25-30gr. for a pistol that size. Add also the benefit of twice as many shots from a pound of powder. Also you might consider 3f powder.
That being said Shine is also right as every barrel likes it's own sweet load, so if it works for you--use it.
Toomuch
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Shoot Flint
That being said Shine is also right as every barrel likes it's own sweet load, so if it works for you--use it.
Toomuch
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Shoot Flint
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40 Cal.
It looks as strong as my 54 cal Lyman GPP. Max charge from owners manual is 50 grns. After having my belt hook let the gun slip loose while sitting a few times, I took it off and got a holster. :idunno: I'm also ordering the Mr Flintlock patch lube on the 1rst when I get paid. :thumbsup:
I have a CVA Colonial pistol kit sitting in the original box on top of my gunsafe. A friend gave it to me a while back. His Dad tried to build it back in the 70's or 80's and made some terrible mistakes with his new Dremel. Probably going to need a new stock....only reason I haven't fooled with it :idunno:
