Score one for the 12 bore

[slowpokebr549]

Shot this old girl tonight at about 35 yards.I loaded 80 grains of 3f and 1 1/4 oz of four shot.Autopsy results showed several hits to the head, neck and shoulder. All in all, I couldn't ask more from the old CVA.

 

[BillinOregon]

Dang! That's a fine bird. Congratulations on a BP turkey.

 

[R.Cox]

If I wasn't so full of turkey from Thanks Giving, then I'd say "mmmm, turkey sandwich!".

Nice bird! :hatsoff:

 

[mark/wi]

Slowpokebr549, Great job, Iam hoping to do the same thing with my CVA. Mark

 

[Rebel]

Congrats on a fine bird. Fun ain't it? :grin:

 

[Dave K]

Good going! If you weren't hooked on ML'ing shotguns, you are now.

 

[roundball]

All right...you're hooked now!!
:thumbsup:

 

[slowpokebr549]

Well I had quite a day guys, plowed up a garden spot,killed turkey, and when I got back to the house, I found out I have a new gandbaby. Lathen Wesley. I didnt even know the girl was in labor. Thats the way to do it,come in and hold the baby after all the shouting is over.

 

[Bearbait2]

Mr. R.Cox,
Had me going for a minute there. Then the Wife noticed you were from Canada. :grin:
Best Wishes

 

[Mulebrain]

Just remember, it couldn't have done it without you :thumbsup:

I can smell that bird in the oven!

 

[Rebel]

Well, congrats again on the new grandbaby. :thumbsup:

 

[Blizzard of '93]

is it a blungerbuss like your avatar? :haha:

 

[slowpokebr549]

It has a few more points of choke than that.

 

[shortbow]

Congrats on both counts! My daughter is only fifteen, but am looking forward to the day she grows up and gets married. I love babies. When it's a grandbaby, you get all the fun, without the mess. :rotf:

 

[Britsmoothy]

There is nothing wrong with your front stuffer granddad :hatsoff:

 

[Runner]

Congrats on the smoked bird!
Which CVA do you have? I have the Trapper with the 12 and 50 barrels. 3-4 loads work fine in mine all the way from 60-80 to 90-120. 90 120 is my turkey load!.

 

[slowpokebr549]

I have a trapper, I didn't know they had a .50 barrel for them. I bought it several years ago for a lightweight shotgun. I never load mine with that much powder. I couldn't deal with the thick wristed stock and re-shaped it and refinished it. It is so light that really heavy loads are brutal to shoot.

 

[Runner]

Yep! They are very light and the heavy loads kick like heck! I don't know if the New Englander came first or the Trapper, but they were both switch barrel guns. Mine came as a set all together. The 50 barrel is a little tighter than the normal 50 CVA and the rifling is cut different also. Mine shoots the Lee Target Minnie like a champ.
That 90 of powder and 120 of shot load rolled a bird at a hair over 40 yards a couple of years back! It kicks too bad to shoot very often, but it is a great turkey load.

The normal breech plug design of the little Trapper make it one of the very best guns CVA ever sold. I wish I could get a thickwall 20 guage smoothbore barrel to fit it for shooting roundball.
Nice to meet ya by the way! I am 40 miles or so south of the arch and about 4 straight line off the river. You get them on that side of the state and I will get the ones on this side!

B. Williams

 

[slowpokebr549]

I bought mine years ago, not long after they came out. It is a fixed modified choke.I wish I had a .54 barrel for it. I love the lock/trigger on it. It has the best trigger pull of any gun I own. Don't count it out for roundball. I have have been messing with .690 with pretty good results out to about 40 yards. I have a guy sending me some .680 to try out. I read on this forum where someone( I wish I could remember who) was getting good groups by using roundball in shot cups. I am going to try a .680 in a shot cup over a felt wad.I carry my trapper around more than any of my other guns. I sure never knew you could get other barrels for it.

 

[Runner]

Mine is the very light thin barrel with screw in choke tubes. The one you have has a heavier barrel. My barrel is very thin and the gun is under 5 pounds. You are correct in that the lock is very high quality for a production replica. I have another one here to use on a future project.
Lyman makes a slug mold that is designed to be fired out of a standard trap wad. I considered it as an option for deer, but I have the 50 barrel and have never went any farther than thinking and discussing so far.
I added a picture of mine to the previous post. Have a beautiful day!

B. Williams

PS, I spent most of yesterday driving around in the woods with a prosecutor visiting a crime scene for a case that is coming up Friday. It is a glorious time of year in the Ozark woods!