CVA Mountain Rifle

[Caleb Foster]

I just wanted to share one I picked up yesterday locally! I believe it is a USA made mountain rifle. Looking forward to shooting it.

 

[Gtrubicon]

Looks great! I have 2 USA made, a 45 and a 50. Both are fantastic shooters. My 50 loves 60g fff with .018 pillow patch lubed with mink oil.

 

[Caleb Foster]

Looks great! I have 2 USA made, a 45 and a 50. Both are fantastic shooters. My 50 loves 60g fff with .018 pillow patch lubed with mink oil.

I’m looking forward to getting it out. It sparks really good, which is a good sign.

 

[Gtrubicon]

I’m looking forward to getting it out. It sparks really good, which is a good sign.

That’s great. Both of mine are percussion. I had problems with the lock on the 50 and replaced it with an L&R RPL lock. What a difference! They also have flintlock RPL for the mountain rifle should yours become troublesome.

 

[Caleb Foster]

That’s great. Both of mine are percussion. I had problems with the lock on the 50 and replaced it with an L&R RPL lock. What a difference! They also have flintlock RPL for the mountain rifle should yours become troublesome.

That’s really good to know. I think the lock is “ok” but and L&R would take it over the top! Do you have to drill and tap a lock from them?

 

[Gtrubicon]

No, it took me all of 10 minutes to fit the lock to the gun. I was shocked it fit so well. I then polished the internals and browned it to match the rest of the furniture.

 

[Caleb Foster]

No, it took me all of 10 minutes to fit the lock to the gun. I was shocked it fit so well. I then polished the internals and browned it to match the rest of the furniture.

That's awesome! Im going to try and find the flint version.

 

[Rebel bull]

the CVA percussion is far and away a much better lock then the L&R ! the only advantage the L&R has is parts availability other then that the CVA is hands down a better lock

 

[Grenadier1758]

@Caleb Foster, the CVA Mountain Rifle with the made in USA barrel will be stamped to identify that the barrel was made in the USA.

 

[rp77469]

the CVA percussion is far and away a much better lock then the L&R ! the only advantage the L&R has is parts availability other then that the CVA is hands down a better lock

I bought three USA MR over the years. Gave the .45 to my older son when he was strong enough to hold it. Have one .50 that has never been fired. The .50 I shoot has somewhere between 70-75 pounds of Goex through it, 7000+ rounds. Still use the original triggers and percussion lock with no mechanical problems in 40+ years.

 

[Caleb Foster]

@Caleb Foster, the CVA Mountain Rifle with the made in USA barrel will be stamped to identify that the barrel was made in the USA.View attachment 333222

Interesting! Mine has no origin marks at all on it.

 

[Gtrubicon]

Interesting! Mine has no origin marks at all on it.

It may be a replacement barrel, the stock has the 4 screw patch box and hex shaped ramrod thimbles that were only on the “made in USA” barrels.

 

[Caleb Foster]

It may be a replacement barrel, the stock has the 4 screw patch box and hex shaped ramrod thimbles that were only on the “made in USA” barrels.

very interesting!

 

[Jaeger73]

Nice looking MR! I picked one up from the for-sale section here back in the fall and cleaned it up. It still has the original lock but when I took it down and to clean it, I compared the parts to a Traditions lock that I have. Some of those parts look to be identical but I could be wrong. I do have the hammer from that Traditions lock on the gun now to see if that fixes my sticking cap issue.

 

[Caleb Foster]

Nice looking MR! I picked one up from the for-sale section here back in the fall and cleaned it up. It still has the original lock but when I took it down and to clean it, I compared the parts to a Traditions lock that I have. Some of those parts look to be identical but I could be wrong. I do have the hammer from that Traditions lock on the gun now to see if that fixes my sticking cap issue.

You could grab an L&R lock! That would send it over the top!

 

[RiverRat]

Nice selection of hawks you have there.

 

[Caleb Foster]

Nice selection of hawks you have there.

Thanks I’m a little addicted

 

[Rebel bull]

I bought three USA MR over the years. Gave the .45 to my older son when he was strong enough to hold it. Have one .50 that has never been fired. The .50 I shoot has somewhere between 70-75 pounds of Goex through it, 7000+ rounds. Still use the original triggers and percussion lock with no mechanical problems in 40+ years.

my first muzzleloader is a CVA kentucky kit I built it has the same lock as the mountain rifle and it has over 20k rounds through it and syill shoots clover leaf's at 100 yds off the bench with some body that can see that far

 

[BP Addict]

Nice looking MR! I picked one up from the for-sale section here back in the fall and cleaned it up. It still has the original lock but when I took it down and to clean it, I compared the parts to a Traditions lock that I have. Some of those parts look to be identical but I could be wrong. I do have the hammer from that Traditions lock on the gun now to see if that fixes my sticking cap issue.

That's interesting as my Traditions hammers have the sticking cap issue.

Walt

 

[Rebel bull]

That's interesting as my Traditions hammers have the sticking cap issue.

Walt

I have found that I have less of this with hotshot nipples than any of the others also I have found opening the notch in the hammer helps