CVA Mountain pistol

[Geraldo]

I went up to visit my dad and some other relatives over the weekend, and part of the plan was to see if I could find any deals in gun shops up that way. Instead, my dad asks me, do you want a pistol?

Years ago I bought a .50 pistol just because it was a good deal. My dad had a .50 rifle I had bought him, and eventually I gave him the pistol because it was the only thing I had in .50. I don't think he used it all and he said to take it home with me.

It had a little rust but has cleaned up well, and I found a thread here with starting loads. So hopefully in the next few days I'll test it out.

Gotta love the old man. :thumbsup:

 

[mykeal]

Kind of like this one?

 

[Don]

Always thought that the Mountain pistol was one of the best looking ML pistols out there. I like its looks better than the Lyman.

Don

 

[Geraldo]

Mykeal, that would be it.

Don, I was mis-remembering it as being a Lyman, but I'm happy with what it is. I always liked the looks of CVA's Mountain Rifle and Pistol.

 

[Geraldo]

I went and shot this pistol yesterday and accuracy was excellent. The trigger pull however, is horrible.

I tried a search on trigger jobs/tuning and couldn't narrow anything down. Can anybody point toward a tutorial on smoothing out the trigger?

 

[Greg Hardy]

Reminds me of my CVA Hawken Pistol, just a different butt shape. Excellent accuracy and will also take quite a load.

 

[MikeChapin]

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I tried a search on trigger jobs/tuning and couldn't narrow anything down. Can anybody point toward a tutorial on smoothing out the trigger?

There should be an adjustment screw on the tumbler. It controls how much the sear engages with the full cock notch. I have gotten my other CVA pistols to a nice trigger pull from horrible just using that screw.

For my Mountain pistol, I put in a single set Pedersoli trigger. Those are out of reach now but the single sets from MBS look to be as good.

 

[Geraldo]

Thanks, Mike. :thumbsup: