I owned a CVA Elk Horn a couple years ago but I never shot it. I liked the stock, had a great recoil pad, came with #11, musket cap and 209 ignition systems, had a superb trigger on it and a tight bore. Some of the things I didn't like were the sling studs were molded into the stock, the Quake sling (thought it was extremely ugly and large) which I took off, the bluing looked poorly done and I just got a feeling it would rust very easily and finaly the rifle came with a QLA. I'm not a fan of QLA's though I think CVA does a better job than TC installing them.