Many look down on'm just because it's an inexpensive gun. And it's a way for some to feel better about their gun because costs more, a petty and childish thing.
They got a bad rap with the early Jukar and split stocks. Especially the kit that was put together quickly by someone with no clue of fit an finish. They'd just slap some stain an polyurathane on it, bang away a couple shot's, not clean it proper, then decide it was just a cheap piece of junk.
CVA never did spend much time with finish work, the lock and trigger parts where just stamped out and assembled, leaving ruff edges and burrs that slowed things down. The barrel/drum breech requires some special attention for proper cleanlyness to keep the fire channel open. The stock inletting was ruffly machined out and the wood needed plenty of forming/shaping, something many folks don't want too or don't know how to do.
Basically, those guns had an entry level price tag, but require more work and tuneing then the novice had time or knowledge to do. Thus the bad rap.
In the proper hands and with basic tools and knowledge the CVA is a fine gun and a great shooter, that 32" 45 cal Jukar barrel is a tack driver! :thumbsup:
But for someone thats afraid to so much as pull the lock from a gun, let alone break the lock apart and polish the parts :shake: So they'd hit the range and not shoot straight because the barrel wasn't seated proper, hangfire because the lock was slow or the screws too tight, missfire because the drum was plugged,,,even guy's that didn't own them saw the problems the shooter was having,,,,
Again, an entry level price that many times was bought on a whim or as a gift, but not an easy/simple gun to learn with,,therefore,,
"Oh Uncle Jeff had one of those,,never did work right"! or "Grandpa put one of those together from a kit at Christmas, ain't nuthin but a wall hanger"!
(but Grandpa was in sales, that never touched more than a hammer an nail to hang a picture)
