I have owned2 CVA's over the past 10 years (Staghorn and Wolf)and loved them both... my dad shoots a cva optima and loves that...our buddy we hunt with also shoots a CVA and likes his gun ALOT....and to be 120% honest i live in Michigan and everyone knows how weather is here and i have never had any issues with either of mine out hunting and have never had a misfire even in the worst of conditions.usually once you get them sighted in CVA's are accurate as heck! I would for sureget it if it were me but thats just my opinion.