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I picked this up many many months ago and did a little more work on it yesterday. This is an ultra rare factory walnut stock from the early 80's during their first few years. CVA pretty much used beechwood, BUT, those early years, they had a limited supply of walnut , and I got super lucky and...

This is a BRAND NEW gun! I bought a brand new, complete, stock, and dropped in a Brand New, CVA Hawken barrel. I used a .54cal 28" 15/16" CVA Hawken barrel, removed all factory stamping, and stamped my own 54 marking on the barrel. This barrel is a deep groove 1:48 twist and is brand new...

Traditions St.Louis Hawken ( Kit Gun I did years ago ) .54cal 1:48 twist, 70gr 3fg Gearhart-Owen, .020" patches, .530" round balls @ 50 yards.

Since theres no shotgun area, i guess this will do lol. I got this old conversion up and running today! What a blast to shoot!

As we all know, I am a big fan of CVA guns since a young age. I had a customer come to me and ask me to get him set up for a solid 200 yard rig for NM elk. Well I picked out the paramount, but he was later talked into buying the CVA Accura MR-X .45cal.. Ok cool! not a big deal. Boy was I wrong...

When I pull out the real, worlds most powerful handgun, that could blow your head clean off..... :chuckle: My newly re-barreled CVA Mountain Pistol with a .54cal 28" barrel.

Went very well for us in Colorado! 2 doe tags and a buck tag were filled. We had 2 cow elk tags, but due to the heat, we were unable to find them and decided to pull out 2 days early and get all the deer processed. We did all the processing ourselves and ended up with 163lbs of yumminess! All 3...

I bought some Bridgers Best patches the other week and wanted to give them a try in my Traditions St.Louis Hawken .54cal. I was shooting from 60 yards and used 80gr gearhart-owen 2fg, .015" patch lubed with bear paws patch lube and home cast .530" round balls. 5 shots total and i am pretty...

Arrived safely! A Doc White, in the white kit gun. I've already started by inletting the barrel channel larger and then proceeded to bed the tang and barrel for a nice weather resistant sealed fit. Any tiny little wood splinters, I shaved or sanded away before bedding it. By the time its fully...

they finally got smart and came out with an actual easy loading bullet.

Not bad! I had rebarreled my Traditions St.Louis Hawken about 1 1/2 months ago and ended up using a CVA Hawken .54cal barrel. Today I finally sat down and took my time, swabbing the bore between each shot, letting everything cool down, seating the patched round ball consistently on the powder...

Process works with any lube that melts.

I didn't do a complete list YET, but if you know of any other colorado legal conical bullets, drop a line and I will add pictures and link to the article. Just got the easy & most common bullets up so far. https://buckskinsbp.blogspot.com/20...1W9QSi0RQ2CY6QIeCZ87UQ_WdgVKHIeQ22j2hfrI

Done! Made the staples myself out of a coat hanger, flattened them, heated then up and put a twist in them. A little wood glue for some support and they tapped into the horn and wood base plug nicely. The base plug & spout I lightly torched for some age and color. A hand rubbed coat of linseed...

Testing my reworked ( Originally was 2fa Artillery powder ) 3fg powder today. 50 yards with my Traditions Hawken Woodsman .50cal. 70gr 3fg, .020 patches and .490 round ball. Happy? You can't wipe the smile off my face! 4fg Gearhart Owen in the pan. Instant ignition.

Im casting these! 345gr after I lube them. I've only shot one 3 shot group at 50 yards with 80gr olde eynsford 1.5fg and they did excellent. After rendezvous I will sit down and do some load development and see what they can really do. 1:48 twist .50cal Traditions St.Louis Hawken loves big...

Sorry, not this time :D :D Shooting my friends rifle that I built for him. Traditions St.Louis Hawken .50cal 1:48 twist. 70gr 3fg Goex, .490 cast ball .020" patch lube with an experimental patch lube, no swabbing. 50 yard 3 shot group. Average velocity of 1,579. Earlier I was trying to...

Ok so maybe its not really a huge hot rodding improvement but it was neat to try and see how well it works. After all, a soft lead projectile turns real nasty when a hollow point is introduced right? TC Maxi Shok kit I bought off ebay last week came in and so I loaded up the rifle and seated...

Got this some time ago and finally got around to testing it first then shouldering it. Shoots great! .410, 37 1/2" barrels. I used 40gr 3fg shutzen, 280gr # 7 1/2 shot at 25 yards and peppered the hell out a paper plate. Later on I will work up some loads.

Is this what I have? I removed the barrel and other than some serial numbers, there isnt a single name/caliber mark on it. The only info I can find is a 420 model but they have a different looking bolt. This one is in excellent condition inside and out. #11 set up. Just trying to figure out what...

LAST EDITED ON Oct-09-19 AT 11:34PM (MST)[p]My brother in law shot this bad boy on the second or 3rd day of NM muzzleloader season. He was using a CVA Accura Mountain Rifle, 110gr Blackhorn209, 245gr Barnes TMZ, Federal 209A primer. Shot distance was 201 yards. Buck dropped in his tracks. I...

Got this nice Colorado muley last monday! 60 yard shot, 40 yard recovery. Shooting a Traditions St.Louis Hawken kit gun I built a few years ago. 80gr 2fg Gearhart - Owen black powder, .020" patch and .490 round ball. The blood trail was excellent! So good, my girl friend ( her first time going...

At the rendezvous ( Santa Fe Trail Rendezvous ) one of my lube dealers showed up with a tent full of muzzleloader supplies and what did he have with him? Swiss of course! He had single 1lb cans and then pulled out a kilo ( 2.2lbs ) of 3fg swiss for $42! I ended up buying 2 of them. I got...

Yep! Finally finished it off today! Very nerve wracking using that skid steer. The forks have a stabilizer bar and we had to block the top up, pull the skid steer out, then wiggle the table to where it all looked even, then remove the blocks one at a time. We have the last cement soupy so you...

Just cut the cedar poles yesterday on the property and debarked them the same day. Wow! When cedar is fresh, that stuff is juicy and the bark pops right off with ease! This morning I went out and thank god my dad was around. He helped me big time get this thing set up and strapped down. Once...

What the hell! I felt like making some smoke with the ol Winchester X-150 today. Trying out a new hotter load with the 300gr Speer Gold Dot sabots. I use Traditions EZ Load sabots with the .451" bullets. CCI Magnum Primers were also used as they are all I have left and do a fantastic job...

LAST EDITED ON Feb-16-19 AT 05:54PM (MST)[p]Got this little gem at a local pawn shop! Its a CVA Firebolt Ultra Magnum, .45cal - 1:28 twist. Solid little rifle, excellent light weight trigger to. I just got it all completely torn down, cleaned and put together today. I have to order a new breech...

Last year was a hard hunt! Lots of elk but they were deep and impossible to reach. I found some elk in the real nasty thick black timber and lead my dad and brother into one late evenly then this young elk popped up and luckily, the trees were so thick, could not even see us and stood there and...

I had one of these when they first came out and sold it off many years ago. My dad over heard me talking about trying to find one. He found one on a forum and ended up making a deal and surprising me for Christmas. Love it! I want to pick up a .45cal barrel for it later. Very rare guns to find...

Lee 250gr R.E.A.L Bullets I cast today. The Matte color REAL is made from hard lead while the shiny REALS are pure lead. Made a bunch of the 250gr REALs today. I need to buy some felt and punch out some wads. Right now I am using lubed Veg wads which do wonderful, but wanting to experiment with...

Heads up guys! Check the serial number on your Lyman rifle/pistol. Lyman has issues a recall for breech separation issues. If you bought one early last year, factory or kit, you need to check the serial number. DO NOT SHOOT until you make sure your Lyman muzzleloader is safe...

I bought a few of these at the last Santa Fe Trail Rendezvous in June '17 The guy basically carves out half of the loading block so theres less stress on the patched ball when loading the block up. Plus, the balls hang out further and easily drop into the bore where you then use your short...

No Excuse sent me some bullets to try out in this custom under hammer .45cal. This is actually a 4570 barrel that someone turned into a muzzleloader bench shooter. Just slightly under 14lbs and has a 1:22 twist. Recoil was certainly increased over the patched round balls I had been shooting...

Got a Traditions St.Louis Hawken .50cal kit for my dad for Christmas. I did one earlier in the year and he mentioned that he wanted to start shooting his sidelock again. I hate his current sidelock as it constantly misfires due to the crap breech, so I decided it was best to start fresh and new...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-14-17 AT 00:53AM (MST)[p]So you think those 45s of yours are bad ass huh? LOL, no I'm teasing Ron. Just picked this one up some days ago. 45 70 Under Hammer 1: 22 twist Straight 1 1/8" barrel Just a tad under 14lbs I already removed the sling studs. Some fool must have...

I stood by my plan and went full .50cal patched round ball this season! I heard a lot of " Don't use that!" You'll wound it!" "That ball isn't made for big game" all the typical brain washed fubar where some think you need plastic, SS, scoped and high priced pretty shaped bullets in order to...

LAST EDITED ON Apr-22-16 AT 09:56AM (MST)[p]From March 6th 2016, Got into oklahoma today with my dad and brother. We met up with Floyd (falcon) and chit chatted for a bit and then drove out to the hog hunting area so falcon could show us around and where to set up, along with baiting and...

This needs 100 likes before Thursday! More politicians trying to screw over hunters! Everyone that uses facebook, like this! Its another politician trying to screw over hunters. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153690376024424&id=196060279423&__mref=message_bubble...