Mean Gene
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Just curios if any one knows if CVA made there mountain rifle in flintlock?
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CVA mountain rifle flint lock?
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Yes. I have an early "Made in USA".50 percussion and a Spanish .50 flint. Both are excellent shooters.
Yes they did in .45, .50 and .54 caliber. Not the .58 that I'm aware of from a catalog though I've read about one recently and suspect it to be a conversion.
timothy prouty
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YES I do I'm like black Jack but my is 45and the flintlock had some bug in it but it's a great shooters
sleeperNY
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The Big Boar mountain rifle did come in 58cal.flint. I bought one new in 79. It was a fun rifle to play with but I sold it to help finance a custom build.
Mean Gene
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Thanks, I was wondering because all that I had seen were cap and ball and only had seen one example.
I had begun thinking that one had been converted until now.
I had begun thinking that one had been converted until now.
Greg Blackburn
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Someone will correct me if I am wrong but I think most, if not all, states that introduced a muzzleloading season started with a flintlock season. I know WV did and only later went to caplock and later still to inline. I suspect all the major makers started out offering flintlocks.
On an aside, my second cousin received a TC flintlock when he opened a bank account over in town. He used that gun only and over time, killed some 50 deer with it, including a running doe!
On an aside, my second cousin received a TC flintlock when he opened a bank account over in town. He used that gun only and over time, killed some 50 deer with it, including a running doe!
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I don't think either Kansas or Nebraska started with flintlock only seasons when the muzzleloader seasons were initiated a number of years ago.
excess650
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Pennsylvania's muzzleloader only season started as flintlock, patched roundball only, and no peep sights. THAT season remains flintlock only, buck or doe, and opens December 26th unless that day is Sunday.
There is an early season that allows any MLer, any sight, any projectile, but is doe only.
There is an early season that allows any MLer, any sight, any projectile, but is doe only.
snubnose57
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I have a Spanish .50.The flint sparks, but not a lot. The flint does not point all the way into the pan. Maybe I could take my plumber's torch to it and try to bend the hammer a little.
Not sure if that will work, but for now a full pan will go off every time.
Not sure if that will work, but for now a full pan will go off every time.
timothy prouty
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YES take a torch and Ben the hammer it's does help
If the pan is going off every time, then you shouldn't have to bend the hammer. What you can do to change the angle the flint strikes the frizzen is to take a small piece of leather lacing and place it under the rear edge of the flint near the jaw screw. This is easier to restore to original than getting out the torch and bending the cock.
snubnose57
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The cock is angled so that the cock is aiming at the pivot on the pan when at rest.
It sparks, but not real well.
As long as it goes off with a full pan,
maybe I should leave as is.
It sparks, but not real well.
As long as it goes off with a full pan,
maybe I should leave as is.
On all of the flintlocks I have, the flint is pointed just about at the middle of the pan when the cock is all the way down.
Maybe your lock is different but something doesn't sound right if the flint is pointed at the frizzen pivot.
Maybe your lock is different but something doesn't sound right if the flint is pointed at the frizzen pivot.
snubnose57
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I did not know much when I bought it, my first flintlock.
I also have a CVA "hawken" and the angle is correct, sparks like crazy.
On a side note, I bought a used Spanish.32
flintlock and the flint points right at the middle
of the frizzen. Got it for cheep and to see if
I could do shade tree gunsmithing to change the angle of the cock on it, my future backup squirrel
protection.
I also have a CVA "hawken" and the angle is correct, sparks like crazy.
On a side note, I bought a used Spanish.32
flintlock and the flint points right at the middle
of the frizzen. Got it for cheep and to see if
I could do shade tree gunsmithing to change the angle of the cock on it, my future backup squirrel
protection.
timothy prouty
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HEY if you get a lot of flash in the pan then try a 1/16drill bit that should take care of the problem
snubnose57
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One thing for someone new to flintlocks, is to check to see that the flint does point into the pan.
As noted, my mountain rifle has weak spark, and my pistol just crushes flints.
I guess with these Spanish flinters quality control is pretty inconsistent over the years.
As noted, my mountain rifle has weak spark, and my pistol just crushes flints.
I guess with these Spanish flinters quality control is pretty inconsistent over the years.
