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My new CVA Squirrel gun
- Thread starter tom in nc
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Congrats. Hope it shoots well for you. Those little .32's are fun to shoot and squirrel hunt with for sure.
64Springer
75 Cal.
Rocky be in trouble now.
Bought one of those decades ago to take my nephew squirrel hunting. It was pretty accurate with 25 grains of 3F.
I bought and finished out a CVA Mountain Rifle kit some 45 years ago and I have one of their older two piece stock Kentucky rifles my son gave me. I find that CVA makes a darn good rifle! When I was shooting that Mountain Rifle in club matches back in the late 70’s I was placing and wining against some fine shooters and higher priced rifles.
That little .32 should be a hoot to shoot! Congratulations!
That little .32 should be a hoot to shoot! Congratulations!
Nice rifle. You will enjoy it. I have one that came with .32 and .45 barrels. This makes it a small game and deer rifle. Great gun for kids and smaller stature folks.
Happy hunting and shooting.
Happy hunting and shooting.
You got a nice one! My dad built one from a kit back in the mid to late 80's when I was a teenager. He use to take a limit of squirrels on a regular basis and the occasional coon in NC. It's a flintlock, the first barrel got bored out and made into a shotgun and the current barrel on it now is a rifled 32 caliber with some custom hand made sights. It was always a blast to shoot.
I'm hoping tomorrow will be the day when I shoot my new squirrel gun for the first time. However I realized that I have a problem. My ramrod has only one end, a cleaning jag on it. While I was at the gun shop picking up some .310 round balls yesterday I bought another end, another cleaning jag but it has male threads on it as does the ramrod.
When I drop the rod into the bore it goes about 3/4" past the muzzle. As it is I have nothing to push against when seating the ball & patch onto the charge. Guess I need an end for the rod with female threads and long enough to extend the ramrod a little.
When I drop the rod into the bore it goes about 3/4" past the muzzle. As it is I have nothing to push against when seating the ball & patch onto the charge. Guess I need an end for the rod with female threads and long enough to extend the ramrod a little.
Those are great little rifles. I ordered one out of the Bass pro mailer back in the nineties and really enjoyed shooting it. Sold it a few years later and always regretted letting it go. I've got one in .36 now and it is a dandy little rifle. For the ramrod ends, if all you need are tips, I've bought them on eBay by Treso at very reasonable prices. They also have a Treso kit that contains all the ramrod accessories. Like a patch worm, scraper, jag, and other stuff. Let us know how she shoots and have fun with it.
rafterob
62 Cal.
Bought one for my Grandson a couple years back and love shooting it. Mine is an older model that has the same sight they used on the Mountain rifle. Per the previous owner, I shoot 10 grains 3f and use a pretty thin patch for ease of loading.
rafterob
62 Cal.
I have a T handle I screw on to the ramrod which really helps out. The other thing I see from your photo is a bad alignment of the hammer to nipple. A common issue with CVA guns. You can probably crank that bolster a little to move the nipple up some. Get a 6x1 metric bolt from the hardware store and replace the nipple with that. Apply a little heat around the bolster (barrel removed from the stock) and use a crescent wrench to apply torque. You will not need to move it very much.
