List of all the CVA sidelock muzzleloaders ever made?

[swathdiver]

Couple of years ago I started to make a list but have been busy with more important things. Most of them were covered by the fellas here though.

The difference between your Hawken Hunter and the Missouri is the pistol grip.

There were also presentation grade guns made and special editions like the cased dueling pistols or a Hawken or Shotgun named after the National Wild Turkey Federation for example.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

The first few years cva sold many models that were dropped by 1978. Miquelet pistols and others. Even 2 with micarta stocks. There were several variations of the colonial pistols with different names. Of course, the Derringer and the Hawken pistol (not the mountain pistol) and the top of the line Hege-Siberia target pistol. Somewhere about 1975 cva revamped and dropped many of those early models. Then again about 1979 when production was switched to Ardessa.

 

[cynthialee]

CVA guns remind me of a Mexican restaurant. Everything they sell is the same thing just put together differently.

Their percussion locks are almost all uniform, the barrels will interchange in most models, the triggers are all the same cheap item. Now some models are an exception but their rifles are almost all the same gun with minor changes in the stock design.
Even with the pistol I own that is a CVA Hawken Pistol, the lock in it came from a CVA Bobcat rifle. Didn't have to do any work on the inletting to get it to fit. Went into the pistol and worked instantly.

 

[Cowboy]

Yes, I know what you mean. I have a CVA Kentucky Rifle and Kentucky Pistol and the locks are the same and will interchange with each other. Respectfully, cowboys1062.

 

[mooman76]

CVA guns remind me of a Mexican restaurant. Everything they sell is the same thing just put together differently.

Their percussion locks are almost all uniform, the barrels will interchange in most models, the triggers are all the same cheap item. Now some models are an exception but their rifles are almost all the same gun with minor changes in the stock design.
Even with the pistol I own that is a CVA Hawken Pistol, the lock in it came from a CVA Bobcat rifle. Didn't have to do any work on the inletting to get it to fit. Went into the pistol and worked instantly.

They also interchange with Traditions, or at least the older ones.

 

[swathdiver]

That was a smart move to keep costs down, pass those savings on to the customer and allow the interchangeability of parts for new designs and for the public.

I like having Mountain Rifles and Frontier Rifles with all the same locks and triggers. Costs less for spares and simplifies familiarization.

 

[Black Jack]

Their percussion locks are almost all uniform

One major difference being that the locks on models with double set triggers have a bridle and fly, whereas the single trigger models do not.

 

[cynthialee]

That was a smart move to keep costs down, pass those savings on to the customer and allow the interchangeability of parts for new designs and for the public.

I like having Mountain Rifles and Frontier Rifles with all the same locks and triggers. Costs less for spares and simplifies familiarization.

It certainly makes repairs at home a cinch.