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tonybones

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Newbie to the forum here. I have 3 incomplete CVA rifle kits I need parts for. Anyone know a source besides ebay? Numrich and Track Of The Wolf have next to nothing for CVA. I don't do ebay for the simple reason I don;t do ebay, I don't jump through the hoops and don't want to deal with the crooks.

Also, what is the story on CVAs not being safe to fire due to inadequate barrel heat treating? Does this extend to the older kit rifles?

Thanks

Bones
 
The CVA specialists are;
Deer Creek Products.
They've been CVA's repair/specialty shop for decades. They have ALL the stuff CVA had when they dropped the Traditional production.
No web site, they're a Mom-n-Pops operation,, you have to call them, but expect to have all questions answered by some very knowledgeable folks.
765-525-6181

The barrel issue you refer to was a one time recall I beleive in 98 with a bad run of in-line ML's, it was much over hyped in the industry when they where all playing cut-throat.
There was never trouble that I know of with the traditional CVA ML's.
 
Deer creek is a good source. Since traditions and the older CVA,s where both made at the same plant many traditions parts will interchange. :idunno:
 
Ebay has been very good to me over the years.
Never got gun parts from there, but I have bought and sold on there many other things and never had an issue.
I was just looking around there this morning for some CVA parts just to get an idea of average prices of stuff.
 
Might try cainsoutdoors. I used to deal with them allot back when they were known as mountain state muzzle. Dixie gunworks might work too. I don't know what parts you need but sometime other parts work even if they weren't original. Traditions parts and CVA used to be the exact same back when they imported from the same place. Might also try auctionarms. I also dealt with ebay and never had a problem. If you don't like the auctions they also have allot of buy it now.
 
I want to thank each and every one of you for the reply and to the member replied privately.

My hobby is the Old West mid-late 19th century, mostly from the Indian/outlaw perspective. I'm 1/4 Shawnee-Cherokee. For a hobby I do general Indian artifacts:Knives, tomahawks, war clubs, lances, spears, arrows. Within a 5 week period I went from 0 muzzloaders to 3 muzzle loaders. One is a Plains carbine, I believe it's complete. The second is a modern-style CVA SHARPSHOOTER carbine that had front barrel damage to the tune of being run over by some vehicle.I've cut and whittled the already short stock and wish to cut the barrel down to make what was known as a Blanket Gun or Horseback Rifle. Many council meetings/treaty get-togethers meant arrest for the Injuns, they carried a cut down rifle under a blanket poncho for close-up buffalo hunting from horseback. It has an all in one aluminum trigger guard/assembly. My sweeteheart is the CVA long rifle in .45. It has sat in someone's garage for several decades, I can locate no model name on it though it resembles the Kentucky rifle kit. It's missing barrel pins, muzzle cap, ramrod tubes, ramrod, and possibly a trigger assembly as it's almost frozen with rust on the spring. I don't need the butt plate as this was universally removed on the Plains and used as a hidescraper. I plan on getting a Northwest Trade Gun Trigger guard and swap the brass one to the Blanket Gun, this rifle has a very trade look to it. This is the one I want to wrap the stock behind the trigger with a strip of buffalo rawhide and brass-tack the daylights out of. God in His wisdom saw fit to allow the previous owner to mount the front and rear sights backwards reinforcing my belief He meant it for me, a heavy modifier/repairer as this person did not know which end the bullet went into. I located a barrel wedge for the short rifle at THE POSSIBLES SHOP at a very good price though I do not wish to fire it until I can make a brass barrel band that will go through the rear sight groove and cover where I shortened the front stock and joined the front piece I cut off.

From my examination of their site Dixie is a shadow of their former selves from the 80s. I'm in the Dayton Ohio area and can locate none of the buckskinners as the gun business had dried up and almost died as far as the independent dealers go. I live within 100 miles of Deer Creek, I might venture a trip over after calling them. My supplier for cap and ball revolvers at Tippecanoe Trading Post in Tipp City Ohio, Ernie Back, died in 2003 and his wife closed the shot a few years ago and parts for muzzloaders has dried up locally as far as I can determine.

Again thanks to everyone for the prompt replies, I feel obligated to say I am not a mountain man or a buckskinner, I'm the Indian in the tree waiting to take your scalp, your horse, and your woman.

Hoka Hay

Tony Bones :grin:
 
I thought I seen somethin in that tree when I poked my head over the ridge,

I'm kinda partail to my scalp an I like my horse, but You can have the woman,

I've a mess of spare parts for those CVA Kentucky's, make a list an send me a PT if your interested. :wink:
 
necchi said:
I thought I seen somethin in that tree when I poked my head over the ridge,

I'm kinda partail to my scalp an I like my horse, but You can have the woman,
I've a mess of spare parts for those CVA Kentucky's, make a list an send me a PT if your interested. :wink:
the hell he can!

:grin:
 
Try the Gunworks Muzzleloading Emporium. They have a lot of cva parts on their website. Very efficient to deal with, but then most American retailers are.
 
Kapow said:
Try the Gunworks Muzzleloading Emporium. They have a lot of cva parts on their website. Very efficient to deal with, but then most American retailers are.

The Gun Works is an excellent store. Joe and Suzy are great people, been doing it for years.

give them a shout. they have a decent site too.
 
Deer creek products !!!! They have cvas old inventory. Ive dealt with them about four times ,no problems and got a good price too !
 
Deer Creek also has Mowrey parts. Understand they bought that operation some years back.
 
I'll ecko .... deer creek & Pats I have delt with both and they are helpful, fast & honest good prices too !

Darrel
 
Tony Howard said:
I'm in the Dayton Ohio area and can locate none of the buckskinners as the gun business had dried up and almost died as far as the independent dealers go.

There should be a ton of buckskinners in your area.
Go to the NMLRA's website and check out the listing for clubs as well as the nearest field-rep. Northwest Traders are still around and can probably help with information as well.
It's for an ealier period than you are interested in, and you may already know about it, but a really good event coming up near you is the Fair at New Boston near Springfield. http://www.fairatnewboston.org/index.html
 
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What parts?

While I have tried to avoid these guns, people started bringing them to me to sort out a variety of problems with them, so I did what I could.

Some of the CVA barrels are actually quite good, but I am not sure how you can learn whether you have good or bad.

If you need lock parts, you might try L&R Lock out of Sumter, SC. They have replacement locks for CVAs. I view the CVA locks as the weak link. You mention poor heat treating on barrels, but in my experience the poor heat treating was on their lock plates, tumblers and springs. Wallowed holes in the plates, worn out bearing surfaces on internal parts and spring that took a set and became very weak. Either learn a lot about redoing all of these parts or call Bill Cox at L&R Locks.

Good luck!

CS
 
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