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Offline doc623

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« on: January 22, 2010, 01:19:20 PM »
Can a CVA Bobcat be converted to flintlock?
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2010, 01:56:04 PM »
if it has a drum it can!
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2010, 02:00:46 PM »
It has a drum.
Where would I look for a lock and touch hole liner?
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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2010, 02:46:23 PM »
You really don't want to be doing that you're just gonna wind up having a lot of fun, and then the next thing you know you'll have to have a custom built and then your wifes gonna make you sleep in a culvert. Good luck on your conversion. Fred.
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« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2010, 02:52:37 PM »
you may want to send Captchee a pm here on the forum, he's the resident CVA expert!
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« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2010, 03:07:20 PM »
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You really don't want to be doing that you're just gonna wind up having a lot of fun, and then the next thing you know you'll have to have a custom built and then your wifes gonna make you sleep in a culvert.

Hi Fred,
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Doc, I'm doing the same thing with a CVA Mtn Rifle. I got an L&R replacement lock. Then I had my friend William Young (founder of Wahkon Bay Outfitters) make me a liner from a bras rod, I just bought a die to match the threads in the barrel. Afterwords William said " I guess I could've just found the right sized bolt and cut it down" to make the liner.
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2010, 03:16:19 PM »
Doc, the last batch of CVA Bobcats had  a drum that was designed to set off the solid pill charges. The drum goes all the way across to the far side of the chamber and indexes into a shallow notch on the far side. The cap flame is released through a hole facing toward the muzzle. The reason for the extention to the center of the chamber is that in order to ignite the solid charges properly the flame has to be as close to center and at the rear of the pill as possible. If you are successfull  in removing the drum I'd be interested in buying it from you! Check auctionarms they quite often have flintlocks to fit the Bobcat. Also Deercreek Products used to have many parts for the CVA sidelocks.
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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2010, 03:17:40 PM »
Waht is a' L&R replacement lock"?
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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2010, 03:20:41 PM »
L & R Is a lock company. Their "RPL" line are drop-in replacements for many popular guns.

I think I bought mine from ToW (Track of the Wolf).

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categorie ... tyleID=577
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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2010, 03:24:00 PM »
Here ya go Doc...this oughta get ya there
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categorie ... tyleID=577

Good luck, and welcome to the forum.
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« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2010, 03:29:45 PM »
Opps...Sorry Riley, I didn't notice the link on your post  :oops:
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« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2010, 04:10:38 PM »
Tks for the info so far.
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« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2010, 06:41:49 PM »
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Tks for the info so far.

Watch out for those culverts, they can get cold this time of year. Need a blanket?
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« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2010, 12:24:48 AM »
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you may want to send Captchee a pm here on the forum, he's the resident CVA expert!

YEP! I'll second that. Caps turned a many a bobcats in to georgeous flinters. he's the reason I just refinished a CVA and I'm seriously thinking of switching her to flint.
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« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2010, 12:25:16 PM »
sorry guy im out on the road.
cva changed their bolster design no for pellets but becouse of other issues. throughthe yearsthey used 4 diffrent bolsters. 3 if you leave out the snail breachfoun on short production run of kentucks.

with the drum bolster the used 3 diffrent leangh necks.all of wich go into the breech plug. which by the way is of animpoved design.

this design then makes the flash channel on all 3 go strait forwards into the center of the power charge.

what you have to find out, is wich of the 3 bolsters you have, long neck as gorden discribes.
medium nech as lance found on his. or the short neck found on most custom application today.

knowing whzt you have will then tell you how to proceed.

the short anb medium are the simplest to convert. the long neck
can be alittle fun,unless you use the neck of the bolster asa sleve, to put the new liner in.

but to answer yourquestion. yep you can convert it. but i would advise, if your serious,put an RPL lock on it. dont use one of the cva locks. in the long run you will be much happier with the preformance
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