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I've noticed that there are a few members here that have a strong distain for CVA products. From my perspective those members must be a bit unlucky. My first inline was a CVA Optima and I never had an issue with it. Being a sidelock guy for the most part I went and sold it. A few years later I purchased another CVA inline. This time an Accura V2. Stainless with camo stock. I still have it and it has taken a lot of game. MOA accuracy or slightly more on average with various 300 gr bullets.
My friend has a Wolf and his is also really accurate though not quite as accurate as my Accura.
Recently I had a hankerin to get into SML shoooting and one of the least expensive ways was a CVA Scout .45-70 conversion. I bought the takedown version and since I had several other 45-70s I thought I'd try it out before the conversion to see how accurate it was. I wasn't dissapointed. This rifle easily shot under MOA. I was so pleased with it that I decided to keep it as is and get another one for the conversion. I sent the barrel out to Hankins and when it came back I started sending rounds downrange with different bullets and charges of IMR4198. Out of all the different variations I shot the worse group was 5 shots in about 1.5". Several were just a tad over 1" but I settled on a load of 55 gr of IMR4198 and a 300 gr SST which shot under 1".
When I get back to PA I plan on trying some 275 gr Furys just to see it I can get it even tighter.
I like my Knights and Rem MLs but my CVAs aren't slouches by any means.
My friend has a Wolf and his is also really accurate though not quite as accurate as my Accura.
Recently I had a hankerin to get into SML shoooting and one of the least expensive ways was a CVA Scout .45-70 conversion. I bought the takedown version and since I had several other 45-70s I thought I'd try it out before the conversion to see how accurate it was. I wasn't dissapointed. This rifle easily shot under MOA. I was so pleased with it that I decided to keep it as is and get another one for the conversion. I sent the barrel out to Hankins and when it came back I started sending rounds downrange with different bullets and charges of IMR4198. Out of all the different variations I shot the worse group was 5 shots in about 1.5". Several were just a tad over 1" but I settled on a load of 55 gr of IMR4198 and a 300 gr SST which shot under 1".
When I get back to PA I plan on trying some 275 gr Furys just to see it I can get it even tighter.
I like my Knights and Rem MLs but my CVAs aren't slouches by any means.