Did you read my post? It’s 16 pages back. Basically durability of some components on some Traditions guns, such as the cast brass trigger. It just doesn’t hold up if you shoot a lot, though both the predecessor CVA and Traditions have been noted for accurate barrels, more accurate out of the box than many of the Italian made barrels. Another quirk is that brass trigger can be very wobbly from side to side and loose against the sear bar. Had posted here years ago with an easy fix for both concerns, but there was concern from the crowd at the time that it was approaching real gunsmithing and some could potentially mess up the trigger on their guns, and in the interest of liability concerns the entire thread was deleted. Then, and even more so recently, some here who must have struggled with snap together Revell Plastic Models, not to mention the ones requiring glue, paint and adding decals, and any how to fix a trigger information is likely too risky to post.
Find it interesting that many offer less than positive comments on Pedersoli, TVM, Pietta, Uberti and others, but many of the same folks pop a forehead vein if something is said about a CVA or Traditions. Might be because many of us started with these guns? And they were and are fine guns at a price point. If your idea of critical analysis is a comment like ‘I love mine’ or ‘mine has killed 3 deer’ is what you are looking for, buy with confidence when you read that, just don’t complain or ask for help down the road (too negative). Some may want to know more.
Others say one shouldn’t comment negatively about other’s guns. I only made the general comments about guns I’ve had personal experience with. I still have a number of CVAs and Traditions in the safe, along with a number of spare components. And as I mentioned triggers in an earlier post and again in this one, here is a photograph I had on the ‘cloud’ of some of my triggers in the parts box, the triggers I was referring to, not the ones in the OP’s guns.
