Post by: IronDawg on January 04, 2010, 07:21:20 PM
CVA mountain 50 caliber percussion. I'm trying to get a barrel dimension for a new full stock
But it's hard for me to see because of the chamfers on the end of the barrel. is it 7/8ths? or 15/16ths?
If I hook my tape it looks 7/8ths but if I "aligned" an inch mark it look 15/16ths. because of the beveled chamfers.
Anybody know fer sher?
Post by: Captchee on January 04, 2010, 10:15:37 PM
i have seen both .
take a set of calipers and measure at the flat where it meets the stock . then set that to your tape . better yet use a micrometer
Post by: Wyoming Mike on January 05, 2010, 08:14:19 AM
Post by: Captchee on January 05, 2010, 10:48:22 AM
But I have seen CVA mountain rifle barrels as small as 7/8 .
Now was this do to the barrels finishing or was that the barrel size . Or could the case be that a barrel was replaced and that replacement barrel was slightly under dimension ??? Who can say . We are basically talking about 1/16th . that’s 1/32 difference in either side .
I found long ago , when it came to CVA you just don’t know .
Just last weekend I worked on a fellas CVA Kentucky . I have known the fella for a very long time . But actually had not seen the rifle for some years . He was having a problem with the lock holding at full cock .
So we left the line and I broke the lock down and touched up the sear and tumbler . We went back to the line . The last shot is an oxygen cylinder at 235 yards . When he shot the target rang very nice .
I made a comment that I have never heard a 45 cal ring that target so well and ask what his load was .
His reply was that the rifle was a 50 not a 45 .
So I came home and looked through my old catalogs . I show no listing for 50 cal option in the CVA Kentucky . So I called him up to double check . The barrel is marked Connecticut Valley Arms Kentucky , 50 cal . He said his wife had bought it for him in 1974 new .
So now next month im going to take my micrometer and Mic the barrel .and add that data to my CVA info .
I don’t think we can assume anything here . . The barrel has to be measured to know it could very well be the case that Lances barrel is 15/16 but IMO it could just as easy be 7/8
Post by: IronDawg on January 05, 2010, 01:10:48 PM
I was talkin and horsetrading with Billy and noticed a full stock blank laid up in the corner with no barrel taped down in it (unusual for Billy's shop, they usually already have a barrel laid in them) I asked him about it. it's a decent piece of maple. but it's pretty much a straight blank. just the ramrod and barrel channel is all thats cut. it's cut for a 7/8ths barrel.
But still even if it is a 15/16ths I should be able to soot the barrel up and scrape the channel, lay the barrel, scrape the channel, lay the barrel, until she falls in place
Post by: Captchee on January 05, 2010, 01:15:27 PM
and you would get a good fit to