CVA Mountain Rifle, restocked

[mongrel]

It's been raining pretty much continuously here for weeks, and till I quit the "real" job last week a clear day meant I came home from work worn-out from playing catch-up on mowing soaking-wet grass -- and usually as it was starting in raining again. This made taking pictures a little difficult, to say the least. Lack of pictures doesn't mean a lack of work, though, and yesterday I took advantage of half a day's worth of clear skies to finally get some pictures proving it.

This is a curly-maple-restocked CVA Mountain Rifle, one of the old ones with "MADE IN USA" plainly stamped in the barrel. The owner wanted a fullstock and a fullstock he is getting. Everything except the ramrod pipes, single-bolt german silver sideplate, and stock itself are the original CVA parts. The owner is a friend of Plainsman's who happens to live fairly near me.

[Hawken50]

  Mike ol boy I really like the way this one is heading.

[Rev]

You been busy...

I had one of those a while back, it sold very quickly. Go figger...

[mongrel]

They are/were a fine gun, whether with the "Made In USA" barrels or the Spanish ones. My understanding is that Deer Creek, up in Waldron, IN, is once more offering an American-made version, but I haven't yet laid eyes or hands on one of these critters.

I actually have two more of the barrels, once a .45 USA-marked and the other a .54 caliber with just "Ardesa, Spain" and the caliber on it. Both are being built into trade fullstocks, with brass hardware. That's the only problem I would have if I got my hands on any of these rifles, complete -- I immediately want to tear them apart and re-stock all the good stuff. So, at present, I have at least one complete stock with capbox and not much else attached to it, and I'm pretty sure that buried on the kitchen table somewhere there's a second one.

Very nice guns, like I said.

[Hanshi]

Another good gun takes shape.  I like.

[gunmaker]

A carry gun for the deer woods.  Very nice work Mike......Tom

[mongrel]

I believe that is exactly what Jamie has in mind. He's got woods of his own and very specific ideas about what a rifle needs to be to work best in those woods. Hopefully this nails it for him.

[SierraMan]

Really like going full stock on the old girl.  Great job, Mike.

[mongrel]

In the white, ready to be handed over to its new owner. Not much curl to the wood, but still in my somewhat biased opinion a really nice working rifle.

[CampbellClan]

I like that!... but then again I like most of the stuff you build! I had a chance to buy one those CVA Mountain rifles a while back....I could have purchased it for 60$ because it had a gaping crack in the stock...NOW I wish I would have!!...