Did I buy a bad CVA Accura

ColoradoSouthpaw · 10-16-2010, 01:39 PM

I am totally new to ML and just recently bought a "used" CVA accura from a guy on gun broker. I really like the gun so far but have yet to shoot it. I was getting ready to go shoot the gun tomorrow and I noticed the gun was sent to me and it looks like the barrel was dirty. So...figured I would try to clean the gun before I shot it and I am a bit worried cause I wonder if the barrel is slightly "pitted".

Been trying to clean it now for the last hour and i can not quite get that "mirror shine" that I am used to with my other rifles inside the barrel. Kind of hard to explain but there looks like some "specs" on the inside of the barrel. This is a year old accura (v1). Gun looks in very good condition and the owner told me that it was only shot by his dad a couple of time but has not been used much in the last year. His feedback was excellent so I trusted buying the gun from him. He did say he cleaned the gun but it was definitely not cleaned how i clean my guns.

any help here? should the inside of the barrel look like a mirror or are the ML barrels different. Any help you can give would be awesome.
Greg

TNHagies · 10-16-2010, 01:54 PM

It's unfortunate that it was not better taken care of that's for certain. But perhaps not all is lost. A lot of guns will still shoot well even with some pitt spots in the barrel. Try running some JB bore paste through it and then after you get it as clean as you can take it to the range. You might find out it wasn't hurt.

Best of luck to you!

Colorado Cajun · 10-16-2010, 06:39 PM

Run some JB bore paste through it. I would use the JB and scrub with a bore brush and solvent. It doesn't sound bad so I would clean it good and not worry about it unless it doesn't shoot good. I guess I'll never get why some people are too lazy to clean their guns, especially if they are selling it.

MountainDevil54 · 10-16-2010, 07:41 PM

Yep 200 passes with JB Bore paste should bring back the shine.

Im sorry to hear about this, i know you were looking forward to getting the rifle. I hate it when i buy something thats in excellent rust/pit free condition and i get it and it looks like it came out of the civil war.

Just clean it up the best you can and JB the bore.

ColoradoSouthpaw · 10-17-2010, 07:18 AM

here is my issue. What is the likelihood of the barrel being damaged to the point of it affecting acuracy? I have continued to clean it and it looks pretty good but for me, its the premise of buying a gun that I thought would be "in new" condition. I don't mind some scratches etc but the inside of the barrel to me is a different deal. What is the chances of the gun not shooting well with a little pitting? If i am going to send the gun back, I want/need to do it now...not shoot it for a while and try to send it back. Normally I wouldn't think much but the gun fits me excellent and the price was good. Man...what a let down.

TNHagies · 10-17-2010, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ColoradoSouthpaw

here is my issue. What is the likelihood of the barrel being damaged to the point of it affecting acuracy? I have continued to clean it and it looks pretty good but for me, its the premise of buying a gun that I thought would be "in new" condition. I don't mind some scratches etc but the inside of the barrel to me is a different deal. What is the chances of the gun not shooting well with a little pitting? If i am going to send the gun back, I want/need to do it now...not shoot it for a while and try to send it back. Normally I wouldn't think much but the gun fits me excellent and the price was good. Man...what a let down.

If you're positive you're not going to be happy with your purchase down-the-road, then perhaps if possible you should send it back.

If it were me, I would get to the range quickly and run a few sabot rounds and a few conical rounds through it to see how it's going to shoot. If the accuracy was acceptable, I'd probably keep it (assuming I was happy with the price for a NOT new gun) But the point is, just because it has some pitting doesn't mean that it's now trash. Many guns w/pitting still shoot well.