CVA mountain rifle flint lock?

[Gene L]

Back when I first became interested in ML, in the 1950s chunk matches, all rifles were caplocks. When I first bought a ML rifle, it was a caplock, in about 1971 or so. Flintlocks weren't widely available, at least in my experience. But then I wasn't looking for flintlocks.

IMO, flintlock rifles were re-introduced relatively recently in my area. This is pre-inline monstrosities. In the 1970s, I don't remember a FL rifle or a supplier of flints, although there must have been some. You just didn't see them.

 

[Zonie]

I guess it depended on where you were in the country or in what you read but, my first muzzleloading rifle was a flintlock.

I bought it thru an ad I saw in a magazine in 1971.

The rifle was a .44 caliber "KENTUCKIAN RIFLE", with a 33 1/2" long barrel.
It was made in Italy and proved to be rather high quality.

The flintlock always sparked and although it occasionally had a "hang fire" with a "klatch", whoooooooof, BANG I was happy with it.
In fact, I took a javelina with it.
The .433 diameter roundball hit him like a truck and nailed him in his tracks.

I sold it years ago to a guy at a gun show.
A few years later, I ran into the same guy at another gun show so I asked him how he enjoyed shooting it. He said he didn't.

When I asked him why he said, "My wife thinks it's too beautiful to shoot so she won't let me take it down off the wall."

 

[timothy prouty]

HEY you guys if you are looking for a cva mountain rifle go to gun broker and go to cva and there are four of them there

 

[chazz1975]

Ouch. I'm crying. This is always the case. Either have the time and not the money, or the money and not the time. Right now is plenty of time and no money.

 

[timothy prouty]

That's right

 

[shootrj2003]

I had an early flint Mountain CVA ,it was a real good shooter as far as accuracy goes,the flint,mostly ignited the powder fair but was not a real good sparker and for a rifle, to me ,the lock looked to small but,on the range she was the most accurate muzzleloader I had.she cost me $ 35 at a yard sale as a kit that never got built,as miss that rifle,I miss every gun I ever sold!