New to me CVA Mountain Rifle .58 Caliber

[Wes/Tex]

NO kidding shawn! I've seen many a Mountain Gun over the last 30 odd years and that's the prettiest one I've ever seen. The one down below it is typical of what I've always found on most of them.

 

[shawn_c992001]

Yeah if I could talk my finance adviser (wife) inyo it I would own that one too.

 

[slumlord44]

I had also been watching that one. Considered bidding on it but ended up buying a Stevens Model 54 in .25-25 that I had also been looking for years. Price was fair for all that came with it. Beautiful gun. I am still looking for one. I have had CVA's since the '70's when my wife bought me a Kentucky percussion kit in .45. Built it and very accurate. Have a CVA .50 caliber double rifle. Keeps both barrels in an 8" circle at 90-100 yards with a round ball. Also have a .54 Caliber Hawken that is my current deer rifle. It will do 6" groups at 90-100 yards. I have always said that CVA was the best gun you could buy when you factored in the price.

 

[rr11]

I have a .50 that my parents gave me in the early 70s for Christmas. I killed a number of deer with it over the years. For the last several years I have hunted with a 54 Flint but a co worker just bought one so I may need to get my old one out to shoot with him.

 

[10_point]

I have a frontier 50 cal, it looks pretty much the same as the mountain rifle with double set triggers, and had one brass cross pin . Other than that what is the differance in the two?. one thing nice is, it is real light weight but will recoil real hard with 90 grains and a 370 maxi ball.The stock seems like it is some type of birch or something.

 

[George T.]

My 58 has a 1 in 48 inches barrel and it loves the 570 ball patched tight pushed by 110 grains of 2F. It jumps around a might though! Sure shoots well.

Geo. T.

 

[mooman76]

The frontier looks similar but is quite abit smaller. I used to have one some time ago.

 

[shawn_c992001]

Just installed a musket nipple from TOW. I can find musket caps here easier than I can find regular #11 caps. I really need to make plans to get out and shoot this thing!

 

[Kapow]

I'd be interested to see how much that improves ignition. How do you carry your musket caps? Is there an inline capping tool like for no. 11s?

I have a Mtn rifle in .54. I have decided to carry it on my annual backpacking trip after red deer. I haven't really killed anything with it yet and it is nice to carry. The only reservation I have with it is the potentially poor ignition of CVA breeches. Hopefully it won't let me down.

 

[shawn_c992001]

I had a musket nipple in an old CVA Apollo inline I had ages ago and it worked very well. I also have a 50 caliber Spanish caplock that I have a musket cap nipple on. They are actually easier to get around here than standard #11's so why not?

There are cappers made for musket caps. i just carry them in an old choke tube tube.