Cva plainsman quality?

[mancill]

I may be able to trade a old recurve gathering dust for a CVA plainsman. How good of a rifle are those? Its 50 cal.

 

[mooman76]

No personal experience with it but should be fine for a starter ML. Gotta start somewhere.

 

[larry wv]

Best to figure out what your recurve is worth. The Bear Recurves are worth a bit of money.

Larry

 

[mancill]

Naw this is a 70's model and is worth only 150. However the guy just soured the deal because he want the bow and $100 :redface:. So back searching again. I'm trying to find something by my birthday.

 

[Sure Shot 2]

Nice clean little T/C 45 Hawken up for sale here on this site. 350.00 probably has a little adjustment room built in to help those on the fence procrastinating. Seldom will you come across one of these as nice as this one is and having a reasonable price tag too boot.

 

[Zonie]

I'm pretty sure that by the time the Plainsman was made, the folks at Ardesa in Spain had got their act together and were using the improved locks.

The early CVA's imported from Spain had good barrels but the locks didn't have a bridle supporting the tumbler inside the lock.
Those unsupported tumblers quickly wore the hole thru the lockplate allowing the mainspring to cock the whole tumbler/hammer assembly to the point that the sear (the thing that releases the lock) could not hold the hammer at a full cocked position.

The later locks with a bridle supporting the tumbler (on the inside of the lock) were pretty good.

The guns imported by Traditions today are basically the same guns as these later CVA's.

 

[Critter Getter]

Can you tell from the outside of the lock while it is still in the gun if it an old style or a new style lock? There is a decent looking CVA Hawken on auction tomorrow but I have not a clue to CVA rifles. Greg

 

[Black Jack]

Generally, if the gun has double set triggers it is a bridled lock. Even on the newer guns.