There's probably some pictures out there somewhere? I have restocked two that I bought over 25 years ago. One was a two piece Kentucky that is now my son's halfstock starter rifle with shorten barrel (24"), the other is one of their early Hawken's that is now my wife's rifle...
Of the five CVA's I own, they are all 20 or more years old and I have never had a problem with them. I have been building custom ML's for myself and friends for the last 15 years and use, Siler Locks, Green Mnt Barrels, sand cast nosecaps, trigger guards, buttplates, and I make my own trigger plates and triggers, barrel pins, barrel tennons,,, you get the idea.
As time progressed, I did notice a cheapening of the metal for locks used, such as springs... Never cared for the wood routered out in the barrel channel, always thought that made the rifle weak.
At one point they did use Maple for stocks. I have two of their Mountain Rifles that have Maple stocks. Then they went to select hardwood??? What the "H" is that. Still, they were good inexpensive entry rifles that brought a lot of people into the sport, but no more...