CVA Mountain Rifle Pic Thread

[PeteDavis]

Post up pics and text about your CVA Mountain Rifles here.

I'll start.

I have two.

My first is a 1981 Big Bore (54) that I built from a kit when I lived in a tent in Alaska. Five deer taken. After a 19 year layoff as a wall-hanger, I discovered that the bore was pitted to the point of tearing up patches and scatter shooting. I was able to find a NOS barrel from Deer Creek and redid the rifle with new sights and darkened the wood which is very plain maple. I also distressed all the metal.

The other lighter rifle I bought in 1999 used. It's a factory gun in .50. I have never shot it-the bore is good, but is slightly browned but not rough. I may clean it thoroughly before I put it away again.
It's exhibits a mass production feel but is still pleasant to look at. A definite candidate for wood refinishing since the varnish is peeling here and there.

Factory rifle:

My 1981 "rebuild":

 

[Alden]

 

[PeteDavis]

That looks like silver furniture. How does it shoot?

 

[PeteDavis]

Plugged solid.

 

[RonRC]

This CVA “Hawken” with the rarer 1" barrel channel was purchased used, but in fine shape. The fellow I purchased it from did a lot of work to it. The rifle was re-finished: four coats of laurel mountain forge Nut Brown stain and 15 coats of hand rubbed Truoil which was then buffed down to a semi gloss finish.

Upgrades include a bedded tang and trigger plate.

The double trigger set up needed work as it was creepy and gritty. The triggers were polished finely for reduced friction on moving parts. They are set up as a hair trigger, maybe 10oz.

The lock internals are completely polished which really helped out as the factory set up had a gritty/grinding feel to it when you were cocking the hammer. The lock has an adjustable tumbler in it which has been polished.

Brass is buffed down to a brushed look.
28" barrel with 1:48 twist and a good clean smooth loading bore.

Ron

 

[Alden]

Very sharp. Caliber?

 

[RonRC]

I'm sorry: .50 cal

Ron

 

[Jim C]

I really like the metal finish on the one with the darker stock. Excellent!..........Here's mine. She's all factory except it now has a brass rr.

 

[PeteDavis]

Nice! Keep 'em comin'!

 

[RonRC]

The one I posted is not a "Mountain Rifle," but I thought you all might be useful to see how it was finished and modified. Those changes might be helpful for the Mountain Rifles as well.
Sooner or later, I will have a CVA Mountain Rifle. I have a Lyman Plains Rifle, now.
Ron

 

[PeteDavis]

That's a cool Hawken there-works in this thread and I thank you.

 

[RhinoDave]

Here's mine. I just picked this up last month for a Winter project. It is currently torn down and stripped. I only work on it occasionaly so it'll probably be Spring before I have any finished pictures.
As purchased.

It's a 50 cal.

 

[Jim C]

Yep, she'll look really sharp with a refinish and a little inletting restoration.
Can't wait to see the end results.

 

[rusty]

I like CVA mountain rifle a lot,but the comb is to high for me, making it difficult to see the sights..

 

[Jim C]

It almost is for me as well. I have high cheek bones and if I don't hold it just right it'll smack me pretty good when I touch it off. To be good n comfy I need a lot of drop myself.

 

[Alden]

Wouldn't a "high" cheek bone mean you need little drop at comb? I've known a few American Indians who have had to add to/raise the combs on their regular rifles, for example, for just this very reason... Is "comfy" different from, and in lieu of, a proper cheek weld!?

 

[Jim C]

Actually my cheek bone rests right above the comb with a natural hold, or what seems natural to me at least and when it recoils it will whack it pretty hard if I don't keep it out of the way in what feels like to me an un natural hold. My GPR has a lot of drop, or enough anyway, and all is good. I still love to shoot my CVA MR, I just have to remain ever cognizant of how I'm holding it. :idunno:

 

[Jamie from Alberta]

Not mine but one a guy is selling that I've taken an interest in. It "new in box", His price is reasonable. Still have to pay off the Green Mountain 58 barrel I just got.It looks like there are marks on or around the barrel wedge keys/escutcheons or its a reflection?

 

[Alden]

Somethin' tells me those ain't reflections -- what they are are hammer marks! Oddly, though unclear, looks like the wedges may not be all the way in either from the left-hand side now that I see all three pics.

"New in box" he called it!?

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

The marks around the wedges could be adhesive left on from maybe a masking tape or something similar. Maybe the owner covered the wedges with tape to hold them in and keep from losing them :idunno: Then again, could be hammer marks. :hmm: