CVA Mountain Rifle

[jrkrk]

Anybody have any experience or comments about this rifle it is the 50 cal. browned barrel,  and maple stock version it also has german silver wedge plates and german silver nose cap. :grin:

[WD45]

I have one in 45 cal and it is an excellent shooter. I would not shoot the magnum type loads from it but I never needed those type of loads to kill deer anyways :grin: mine shoots maxi's very well in front of 70 grains of powder( 240 grain hand cast ) but has to slow of a twist to handle anything heavier.
I have never seen one with silver end cap. All of the ones I have seen are pewter and kind of look like silver when polished up.

[Ladobe]

I also have an older mid 70's 45 caliber version of this rifle.   It shoots a patched 440 RB very well and in fact won me a shoot at a Rondy first time out with it.   Just got a maxi mould for it, but haven't ran any of them yet.   As WD45 said, they wear a pewter nose cap.   CVA doesn't offer the 45 caliber anymore I don't believe, and the browned 32" is the Mountain Rifle - the blued 28" the cheaper Hunter version.

[Gatofeo]

I have a CVA Mountain Rifle, purchased new in 1980, in 50-caliber.
It's very well made and accurate. I've only shot .490-inch round balls in it so I can't comment on conicals.
My plinking load is 50 grains of FFG or Pyrodex RS. Back when I lived in Idaho and hunted deer and elk, I loaded it with 85 or 90 grains of FFG and a patched .490 ball.
Never had an opportunity to shoot either critter with it but I never felt undergunned. In the St. Joe River Drainage where I hunted, timber was thick and a long shot was 60 yards.
Mine has the pewter nose cap. I don't believe that German silver was ever used for the nosecap. German silver was used for the patchbox and wedge plates, though.
With a patched ball, it's a very accurate rifle.
I like the rear sight too, which looks original but is easily adjusted for elevation with a small screwdriver. I never much liked the Thompson Center rifles with their modern sights, brass and bluing.
The CVA Mountain Rifle was a class act with its browned barrel, German silver and pewter. Too bad they're no longer made.
Wish I could find a barrel for it in .36 caliber, for roaming the Utah desert where I live and busting rabbits. Other muzzleloaders have barrels of lesser caliber that drop in. Anyone know if such a thing is available for the CVA Mountain Rifle?

[Winter Hawk]

Gatofeo,

Try Deer Creek products in Waldron, IN.  Their phone number is 765-525-6181.  They have .45 barrels and may be able to set you up with a .36.  Let me know how you make out.  I have a .45 underhammer and I think it is a great all around caliber.  With round ball it has gotten lots of bunnies, but it is still big enough for deer.  Alaska regulations have a minimum of .45 caliber, 250gr. bullet for all other big game hunting so the Lee REAL bullet would work well.

-WH-

[mikej]

I have a CVA Mountain Rifle in .50 caliber that I made from a kit when I was in college in 1978. It is fairly accurate (pie plates at 100 yds) with .490 RB's. I use 90 gr of FFg, and it doesn't kick too badly. Lately it has been acting up and misfiring alot. I changed out the nipple and cleaned out the bolster as well as I could, and it still misfires about every other time. Don't know what the problem is, but I will figure it out eventually. Overall I like the rifle, and wouldn't hesitate to own another one.

[crow_feather]

You might want to check your hammer spring.

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