Stumbled on to a CVA scout stainless in 45-70 yesterday. The first one I have seen in over a year. any one have one , want pro's and con's on it.
Stumbled on to a CVA scout stainless in 45-70 yesterday. The first one I have seen in over a year. any one have one , want pro's and con's on it.
They are great rifle for the price and great trigger. I have one in stainless and one blued Hunter model I had cut down to 16 1/2 " both in 45/70!
IT AINT what ya shoot--its how ya shoot it. NONE of us are as smart as ALL of us! The more I travel, the more I like right where I am.
Not sure what it weighs, but I only shoot light cast bullet loads out of it. The One I am shooting out it is 275 cast with 15 gr of Trail Boss. Very enjoyable to shoot.
I have shot 45-70 for years in trapdoors (hence the screen name ) had a NEF years ago . just wanted something that I could shoot jacketed as well as cast at better than trapdoor specs. Wife has a 1895 marlin lever I'm hooked on single shots . Found this CVA scout at a good price so I took it, first CVA centerfire I have ever had so that is why I asked for pro's and con's on it. Plan on full house black powder cast loads trapdoor style plus smokeless cast and full house smokeless loads .
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |