I have a CVA Hunter in .243 with a 20 inch barrel, and I can honestly say that this is the most handiest rifle that I have ever owned! The ultimate truck/ATV rifle! Rugged and accurate! Harvested a good size doe this past season and always with me on coyote patrol. Highly recommend and would buy another CVA single shot in a heartbeat!
CVA Scout 444 just arrived...
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Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
They make a .35 whelen scout in blued too. Prophet river has them in stock. I keep looking at them, but I really want the stainless.
Have you weighed it? Specs that I could find were pretty vague. From what I saw they aren't very light. 6.5 to 7.3lbs.
- Location
- Haliburton County, Central Ontario
Actually, I like it. 
handofzeus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Trout Creekish Ontario.
I've been curious (and leery) about these for a while. I have a stainless CVA Optima in . 50 BP and back when I bought it I did some reading and became quite nervous when I heard of all the lawsuits regarding burst barrels. These were all on black powder guns and some folks (cva lawyers)claimed the issue was people were accidentally or intentionally using smokeless in these BP barrels. At the same time it came to light that the testing on these barrels was lax at best. Some reports claimed one barrel out of an entire run would be tested while others claimed zero testing was done because black powder barrels were not required by law to be tested in the country of manufacture which I believe was Spain. This however is not MY biggest worry or question. What bothers me is this..... black powder barrels are just tubes. They're simple, parallel-walled pipes with a rifled bore. THE CHAMBERS ARE NOT REINFORCED. Look at any smokeless rifle out there and you'll see a larger chamber area at the breech end. The only time this might not seem obvious is on heavy target barrels but in these cases the diameter of the breech end is designed to handle the cartridge and the rest of the barrel diameter becomes a moot point since the chamber area is what dictates the maximum barrel diameter for sake of safety.
This brings me to these new CVA smokeless rifles that appear to have the typical black powder tube style barrel. In smaller calibers it may not be critical to have the bulbous reinforced chamber but when you start to get into real thumper territory with . 444 or . 45-70 types of pressures I hate to think that I could be holding a pipe bomb in front of my face.
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This brings me to these new CVA smokeless rifles that appear to have the typical black powder tube style barrel. In smaller calibers it may not be critical to have the bulbous reinforced chamber but when you start to get into real thumper territory with . 444 or . 45-70 types of pressures I hate to think that I could be holding a pipe bomb in front of my face.
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If it makes you feel any better, my CVA Scout in .35 Whelen pushes the Speer 250gr soft point to 2650fps with CFE223. Cases extract easily, aren't stretching, no cracks or splits, no flattened primers, no signs of pressure trying to escape the action except through the barrel. If it is a pipe bomb, mine will pop off spectacularly.
That said, it's stout. That is a big piece of steel, the chambered barrel. Thick walls, heavy gauge, moderate fluting, nicely threaded with a good brake, tidy thread protector, well-finished and machined. To push .338 Win Mag performance, it pretty much has to be, but I'm confident that it can handle the jam of these heavy loads.
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That said, it's stout. That is a big piece of steel, the chambered barrel. Thick walls, heavy gauge, moderate fluting, nicely threaded with a good brake, tidy thread protector, well-finished and machined. To push .338 Win Mag performance, it pretty much has to be, but I'm confident that it can handle the jam of these heavy loads.
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- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
handofzeus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Trout Creekish Ontario.
if it makes you feel any better, my cva scout in .35 whelen pushes the speer 250gr soft point to 2650fps with cfe223. Cases extract easily, aren't stretching, no cracks or splits, no flattened primers, no signs of pressure trying to escape the action except through the barrel. If it is a pipe bomb, mine will pop off spectacularly.
That said, it's stout. That is a big piece of steel, the chambered barrel. Thick walls, heavy gauge, moderate fluting, nicely threaded with a good brake, tidy thread protector, well-finished and machined. To push .338 win mag performance, it pretty much has to be, but i'm confident that it can handle the jam of these heavy loads.
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lol!
It’s my understanding that the barrels are made by bergara?
BA 13 seems to be the same gun without the chambering options catered towards esoteric “primitive weapons” seasons in some states. Think some have a straight wall only law and others 35 cal plus.
BA 13 seems to be the same gun without the chambering options catered towards esoteric “primitive weapons” seasons in some states. Think some have a straight wall only law and others 35 cal plus.
