CVA Mountain Pistol

[Pork Chop]

If I could get a CVA Mountain Pistol for $30, would that be a good deal?

 

Pork Chop,

As long as the bore is not rusted and pitted and the lock and trigger is in good shape..... yeah, I'd buy it. Made one from a kit years ago and it was great.

James Taylor

 

[Pork Chop]

Bore has surface rust, lock was grungy. Everything works. It looks unfired, but was clearly a kit. Poor woodwork. I will rework it if I get it.

 

Pork Chop,

From what you describe it would be a fun fixer upper project at 30.00 you bet.

James Taylor

 

[torn moc]

Sound like a great Deal! Sont hesitate!!
show us some pics after you get it!we will bw waiting!

 

[Pork Chop]

I figured it was too good to pass up. Unfortunately, I did not take any before pics. It was pretty wretched looking. I have scrubbed off the rust and will clean the bore tonight. When it is done, I will post a pic. Too bad it is the wrong caliber (.45) - it would be nice to match my rifle (.50) - Oh well...

 

[Pork Chop]

I figured it was too good to pass up. Unfortunately, I did not take any before pics. It was pretty wretched looking. I have scrubbed off the rust and will clean the bore tonight. When it is done, I will post a pic. Too bad it is the wrong caliber (.45) - it would be nice to match my rifle (.50) - Oh well...

 

[bwhoffman]

30 bucks?? hells ya!

if you dont like .45, I do!


good find!

 

[Pork Chop]

The same guy has an FIE replica Colt Navy (1851 I think) but I didn't ask the price. Probably cheap too.

 

[anika]

Figure out what the vintage is. My wife bought a kit for me when they first came out. It turned me off to B.P.shooting for years. I read an article on the first run kits by Phil Spangenberger years later and I guess that CVA was in such a rush that they used defective barrels from a bad run of mountain rifle kits. 1 in 66" twist. Couldn't do better than a 12 inch group at 20 feet. Its been a paper weight ever since. odis

 

[Pork Chop]

I suspect that this is a later kit. The barrel is not marked as to location of origin. The lock has a fly, but there is only a regular trigger (set), the rod ends are brass rather than aluminum as they are on some of the others I have seen.

 

[mykeal]

Like this?

6" groups at 15 yards, 40 gr fffg, .490 prb, 0.015 lubed patch. I have not developed an 'optimum' load for this gun yet. Built it in about 1979 or so.

Still a nice little pistol. Not my best, but shootable.

 

[anika]

Yes thinking back the ramrod not only had alu. ends but the ramrod hole was drilled too shallow so the ramrod was so short it wasn't functional. I just threw it away. Xmas of 79 when my wife gave it to me.odis

 

[MikeChapin]

I suspect that this is a later kit. The barrel is not marked as to location of origin. The lock has a fly, but there is only a regular trigger (set), the rod ends are brass rather than aluminum as they are on some of the others I have seen.

I've had one like that since the mid 80s. I picked the kit up on a half price sale. I'm not much of pistol shooter but figured I could put it together and sell it at a shoot. I got it together and sighted in and took it to it's first shoot. I got talked into shooting in the pistol competition and took third with it so decided to keep it. I replaced the standard trigger with a Pedersoli single set and still use it in the rare times I shoot pistol.

 

[renovato]

Figure out what the vintage is. My wife bought a kit for me when they first came out. It turned me off to B.P.shooting for years. I read an article on the first run kits by Phil Spangenberger years later and I guess that CVA was in such a rush that they used defective barrels from a bad run of mountain rifle kits. 1 in 66" twist. Couldn't do better than a 12 inch group at 20 feet. Its been a paper weight ever since. odis

They rushed a few of their revolvers out without any quality control also. I had one of their .31 pocket Remingtons that looked like the initial boring bit broke while boring and they went ahead and finished boring and rifling anyway. It had a large gouged out section in the bore that rendered it unfireable.

 

[Pork Chop]

Well, the stock has been repaired and reshaped. It has a couple of coats of Tru Oil on it. While I was at it, I decided to finish up the pistol my father started in the late 70's - a Markwell Arms Kentucky pistol. Once they are done, I will see about posting pics somewhere.