CVA Mountain Rifle

[mooman76]

.440 is a good place to start.

 

[Cowboy]

Sounds like a great deal my friend.

When you finally meet the gentleman and have rifle in hand?

If it truly is in the condition he’s described your making out like a bandit my friend.

Good luck on your buy.

Respectfully, Cowboy

 

[toot]

GO FOR IT! and don't LOOK BACK!!

 

[muzzlecap]

I bought one a couple of years ago. Nice rifles. I've been told mine is a transition gun. It has the 2 screw patch box but it has the hex ram rod thimbles and aluminum tipped ram rod and no markings on the barrel.

 

[Eddie2002]

Buy it and don't look back. I picked up one as a basket case missing the butt plate with a stuck load in it for $125. I cleared out the load and replaced the butt plate, it's a good shooter, $200.00 for a complete Mountain Rifle is worth it.

 

[Adkarcher]

My .54 actually does not have a patchbox, but is a beautiful piece of wood, so I am ok with that!

 

[ThreeCrows]

The way I understand it the .45s and .50s had patchboxes while the .54s did not. Maybe they were worried about the heavier recoil of the .54 cracking the stock where the patchbox cutout was.
ThreeCrows

 

[appalichian hunter]

I have a early made in the USA 54 very accurate rifle jump on this these are good rifles.

 

[11th corps]

What is the tiny screw adjustment on the back of the lock do? This rifle will not pop caps consistently.

 

[mooman76]

Could be the nipple. It's common for the nipple to be a little too large which keeps the cap from going on all the way and requiring a second try. Simple fix.

 

[griffiga]

Did not know this.
I inherited a CVA .45 cal almost 25 years ago. I hung it on the wall, and haven't really looked at it since. I just checked and mine is a 4 screw and says "made in America" on the barrel. Do you know off hand what size ball this takes? I have a box of .440 rb's I use with my T/C Hawken.

I shoot .440's in my 45's with a .015 patch

 

[Intosomthin]

You cant buy a good pellet gun for 200... id be oiling it by now...

 

[Tasbay]

I have the 58 mine to can be a little finicky on setting caps off. They will always discharge on the second firing. Toy caps which I use most of the time just about always fire.
$200 US ……… Would just be rude not to buy it and help a kid get his/her braces.

 

[Kansas Jake]

If it won't pop caps consistently the first thing to look at is the caps seating fully. Do they go all the way down on the nipple? Also does the nipple look like it is mushroomed a bit at the top. If so a few minutes with a file on the sides to get rid of mushroomed part may solve the problem. Also, maybe a change in cap size. A new nipple is cheap and it may be easiest to replace as mooman76 suggested. A weak spring could also be a factor, but unlikely.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

I shoot .440 cal balls with pillow ticking patch’s out of my CVA Mountain Rifle. Very accurate rifle.

 

[griffiga]

I have the 58 mine to can be a little finicky on setting caps off. They will always discharge on the second firing. Toy caps which I use most of the time just about always fire.
$200 US ……… Would just be rude not to buy it and help a kid get his/her braces.

Totally agree with that! I'd actually be doing them a favor.

 

[mooman76]

Win...Win!

 

[William O.]

My .02 cents; bore condition is everything but even if the bore is a rusty pipe, most 50 cal barrels have enough metal to be bored out to .54. By doing so you will get a lighter barrel, less nose heavy feel, plus the ability to choose the twist rate as well as getting round bottom rifling. None of that is necessary if you get rust free bore of course, but for the asking price you really can't go wrong.

 

[shorthair]

My early .58 CVA Mountain has no patchbox, and is a bit small using a. 564 ball with a. 010 patch.

 

[Cherrybow]

I just purchased a 45 cal. “USA MADE” at a local gun show for 120.00. The bore looked rough and the trigger wouldn’t set. The bore cleaned up fairly well an and the triggers were missing the wire spring (which Deer Creek has in stock) and now they work perfectly. I took it out to shoot and it wouldn’t pop a cap. Turned out to be the nipple was too short. Changed it out with a taller one and it went boom every time! Great bargain.