There were literally dozens of importers bringing various quality Spanish made guns into the US in the 1960's through today. Some were just veriations of others. There was Dikkar, Jukar, Ardessa, and other actual factories. The early ones were truely cheaply made. But then again there were some even lesser quality guns brought in from Belgium in the 1960's and 1970's. And some from China that were real junk. By the early 1980's there were some good quality guns made in Spain. The rifling was better and the parts were better in general. Of the cheaper guns were some long rifles with two piece stocks and brass spacers. The cheaper locks had neither a bridle or fly. There were some incredibly cheap early ones and the interior lock parts were not hardened properly and went to mush in a few shots. I had a Markwell Arms Hawken that was an incredible POS. The lock tumble broke the full cock notch off within 12 shots.
CVA sold some of the junk, as well as some of the better stuff. Traditions sold a slightly cheaper version of the same CVA models. Without a picture, it is really hard to id your gun. In addition, there were variations in models depending on what the importer wanted. Slightly better lock, slightly lesser quality finish, etc. Brass or steel furniture, There were some real classic well made guns from Spain. The CVA Squirrel rifle was a great little gun. I and a few others here have old CVA catalogues. If you can post a picture or give a better description, maybe we can be more specific.
