Pawn Shop CVA Mountain Rifle Today

[Hawk54]

Found a CVA .50 caliber 32" barrel Mountain Rifle in a pawn shop today. It is an early American made one. Made in America on the barrel. The browning on the barrel, lock, trigger guard, and butt plate is near 95%. German silver patch box, wedge plates, and wedges. Pewter nose cap. Bore is excellent and looks shiny new. Stock is really nice. Came with all the original paperwork and some extras like a short starter, nipple wrench, and powder measure. Paper work is all dated 1977. Whoever owned it took real good care of it. Doesn't look like it was hardly used. It kept asking me to take it home with me. The Made In America sold me and the 1977 date was a seller as that is the year I bought my first muzzle loader which I still have. I got it for $280 out the door. I am happy with it. Will probably redo the stock to a darker color.

 

[windini]

Nice find!!

 

[deerstalkert]

you have chosen wisely my friend!

 

[Cherrybow]

Great score!

 

[USMC2828]

Awesome find. Love the ramrod.

 

[TDM]

Dog gone!!! That was a sweet deal! You did good.

 

[Sixgun_Symphony]

That gun just needed to be rescued from the pawnshop.

 

[SOLANCO]

Pity the poor bugger who pawned it. But, his loss and your gain.

Makes me wonder. Lots of my guns in this house. Only one or two cheapies that I sort of hide. I am 75, definitely not in the spring of my life. No one of the rest of my family is into them. Probably best that could happen is they go to auction in this area. Where there is still an appreciated, strong gun culture.

Know the fave grand daughter will keep one in remembrance though.

 

[SwanShot]

You're right. That stock is just begging for a good dark stain and oil finish. Apart from that it looks like a good find. Well done.

 

[deermanok]

Super nice old rifle. Gotta love pawnshops.

 

[LME]

Found a CVA .50 caliber 32" barrel Mountain Rifle in a pawn shop today. It is an early American made one. Made in America on the barrel. The browning on the barrel, lock, trigger guard, and butt plate is near 95%. German silver patch box, wedge plates, and wedges. Pewter nose cap. Bore is excellent and looks shiny new. Stock is really nice. Came with all the original paperwork and some extras like a short starter, nipple wrench, and powder measure. Paper work is all dated 1977. Whoever owned it took real good care of it. Doesn't look like it was hardly used. It kept asking me to take it home with me. The Made In America sold me and the 1977 date was a seller as that is the year I bought my first muzzle loader which I still have. I got it for $280 out the door. I am happy with it. Will probably redo the stock to a darker color.

You got a darn good deal my friend! My first M.L. rifle was mountain rifle in .54 cal. It was one very accurate rifle. I let a friend talk me out of it and regreted it ever since!

 

[Timber Wolf]

Nice, I have a pair in .45 and .50, both "Made in USA" and a couple of the pistols as well. All four make me look good at the range.

 

[Hawk54]

Nice, I have a pair in .45 and .50, both "Made in USA" and a couple of the pistols as well. All four make me look good at the range.

Hardly ever see a CVA made in the USA mountain rifle for sale around here. Been looking for a nice mountain rifle in .50 to compliment my .54. The mountain rifles and parts seem to be drying up. Last year there were a lot of parts for sale on Ebay and other sites. Almost none now. Just looked on GunBroker and they were only two rifles on there.

 

[Hawk54]

You got a darn good deal my friend! My first M.L. rifle was mountain rifle in .54 cal. It was one very accurate rifle. I let a friend talk me out of it and regreted it ever since!

We have all sold things we wished later that we hadn't.

 

[Hawk54]

You're right. That stock is just begging for a good dark stain and oil finish. Apart from that it looks like a good find. Well done.

Agree. That rifle will look very nice with a nice dark stain.

 

[Hawk54]

That gun just needed to be rescued from the pawnshop.

It didn't want to leave my hands.

 

[VA Hawken]

Great rescue !

 

[S.Kenton]

That’s a great find! That rifle is a great shooter and out of all the cva rifles will hold value!

 

[brushblind]

Great pick!

 

[Larry P]

I went to a January of this year gun show and found a new in the box CVA Mountain rifle made in America in a 45 caliber for a asking price of $200. I offered $150 and he declined which I could understand. I went to the gun show the next day the guy and rifle was still there. Figuring he hadn't sold the rifle yet on a off chance I made a offer of $100 and darn if he didn't take me up on it. I got it home and dropped a 45 caliber ball down the barrel and it was way to small. Its actually a 50 caliber for which I'm more grateful for. Has anyone else experienced this? I have since heard that some of the earlier ones were mislabeled. The rifle shoots great. I had on hand a more correct looking Hawken trigger guard and Hawken nose cap and installed those on the CVA and it looks more like a true Hawken rifle than before. I made a ramrod a might larger than the original one and machined the end pieces to match the original Hawken rifle. It was a pleasure to transform this good looking fine shooting rifle in a make over. Months later I saw someone else on the internet had done the same thing.