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    CVA St. Louis Hawken

    I just bought a CVA 50 caliber Hawkin on Gunbroker that was advertised as a St. Louis Hawkin. Gun has walnut stock and appears to be unfired. How do you tell the ST Louis Hawkin from the Hawkin? Went through all my period CVA catalogs and the description is pretty much the same except for the...
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    Browning Mountain Rifle Question

    I have two and have a .54 coming that I recently purchased on GB. The lettering on it is gold filled. I am assuming that this was done after the fact since my other two have unfilled lettering. Any one care to confirm this?
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    CVA Squirel Rifle ramrod

    Just got a nice .36 Caliber on Gunbroker. Nice rifle. Ramrod stuck out from the barrel 2 or 3" when fully in place under the barrel. Trimmed it so it's now flush with the barrel. Just didn't look right hanging out there. Now it's on the short side for loading but will work. What am I missing...
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    Browning Mountain Rifle Prices

    There is a .54 caliber, brass hardware, has been shot and hunted with but only once or twice. Has manual but no box and paperwork. At $845 now . Paid under $700 a while back for a .45 NIB iron hardware with box and all the paper work. I've been looking for a nice .54 for a while but this is...
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    CVA Mountain Rifle Test Firing

    Finally got around to trying out the .58 I bought last year. Gun was built from a kit by an older gentleman who seemed to know his way around muzzleloaders. It seems to like Triple 7 but didn't like some really old Pyrodex that I tried just to use it up. Stuff went bang but accuracy sucked and...
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    CVA Mountain Rifle

    Did they make one in .45 Flintlock?
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    CVA Mountain Rifle Question

    How scarce are these in .45 Caliber? Managed to come up with a .50, .54, and .58. Having trouble finding a .45. Think I saw one on GB but it didn't work out.
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    CVA Mountain Rifle Question

    Reviewed all the previous posts and still not sure. USA marked barrels were made in the USA. Spain marked barrels were made in Spain. Where were the unmarked barrels made? Had a Spain marked .50 Cal two screw patchbox delivered today that I just bought on Gunbroker. Beautiful, pristine factory...
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    LMF Browning Solution

    Where can I get it?
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    CVA Mountain Rifle Patchbox

    Recently bought a .54 Mountain Rifle. It does not have a patch box. It may have been a kit gun but I thought they were standard. Any ideas?
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    Jonathin Browning Mountain Rifle Variations

    I just bought a .45 Caliber one as new with the box on Gunbroker. It has the browned furniture. My understanding is that they were made in .45, .50, and .54 caliber with both browned and brass furniture. Any ideas as to which variations were more or less plentiful? I have been looking at these...
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    Colt Signature Series parts

    Need original barrel for an 1860 Army. New old stock or used original with a good bore. Any idea where to look?
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    .45 Caliber Rifled Barrel Dikar Spain Naval Cannon

    Picked one up at local gun show today for $55. Bore a little rusty but seems to be surface rust and is cleaning up. Rifling is good. Powder load? I am thinking around 20 grains of FFG to start? Do I need to tie it down somehow or what? Shoot a lot of blackpowder but never played with a cannon...
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    .54 Caliber Round Ball Whitetail Load

    Trying to find load for round ball for my CVA Hawken this week. Using 777 2F. I understand that you load 777 with slightly less volume than BlackPowder to get the same results. Went up to 90 grains but recoil is getting stout. 80 grains is about as much as I am comfortable with. Could I drop...
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    CVA .54 Hawken Recoil

    Finaly tried out my .54 with new barrel. 90 grains of triple seven 3f and round ball seems brutal to me. Used to shooting same load in my CVA .50 cal Double rifle with no problem. Hawken may be a little lighter than the double and the .54 ball is a little heavier than the .50. Hawken had hooked...
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    Mini cannon from rifle barrel

    I have a .54 Cal rifle barrel left over after replacing it with a new one. Breachblock hook was broken off and had a pitted area in the bore about midway. Thinking about cuting it down and making a mini cannon out of it. Any reason why I should not do it? Anyone here ever done it?
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    Hello from Southern Illinois

    Just found this site a few days ago. First front loader was a CVA Kentucky .45 kit that my wife bought me for Christmas back in the mid '70s. Hunt deer with a CVA .50 Express Double Rifle that I bought used in the late '80's. Got a 10 point buck with it last Sunday about 150 yards from my back...
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