I’m the OP….Wow.. I am getting quite the education on the CVA brand.
I’m 50 years into serious muzzleloading but only 2 years into owning any in-line gun…two CVA 45 cal 1st generation 2005 Optimas brand new barrels and two CVA 2005 Kodiak Pro Magnums…1 in 45cal brand new barrel the other in 50….(these were dirt cheap averaging about $ 130…one was $64 on auction at Gunbroker.)
All of these bargain guns I bought have good to excellent hunting triggers and shoot 1.5 -2 inches @100yds with T7 powder and lots of barrel swabbing and the 1st clean barrel shot ( the money shot) hits exactly where it’s expected with Dead Center bullets or Hornady XTPs in crushrib sabot.
I started this thread because CVA thinks $1920 is a fair price for a gun.
I disagree
Their obsolete models with the “good“ barrels shoot better than great out to 200yds….
I had no idea that guys were having all these issues with CVA guns.
I’m 50 years into serious muzzleloading but only 2 years into owning any in-line gun…two CVA 45 cal 1st generation 2005 Optimas brand new barrels and two CVA 2005 Kodiak Pro Magnums…1 in 45cal brand new barrel the other in 50….(these were dirt cheap averaging about $ 130…one was $64 on auction at Gunbroker.)
All of these bargain guns I bought have good to excellent hunting triggers and shoot 1.5 -2 inches @100yds with T7 powder and lots of barrel swabbing and the 1st clean barrel shot ( the money shot) hits exactly where it’s expected with Dead Center bullets or Hornady XTPs in crushrib sabot.
I started this thread because CVA thinks $1920 is a fair price for a gun.
I disagree
Their obsolete models with the “good“ barrels shoot better than great out to 200yds….
I had no idea that guys were having all these issues with CVA guns.