I owned that rifle well over 30 years ago.
I think one bad experience is enough. If you hit your thumb with a hammer do you do it again? Do you actively search out a situation to hit your thumb again? DO you pay to hit your thumb with a hammer?
CVA had their chance at a first chance. The one I had was junk, no need to go back.

The inline rifles from CVA might be a different deal all together. I won't argue that at all. Here is the deal breaker in Idaho for me. On a ML only hunt a #11 cap or musket cap must be exposed to the weather. At one point our rules even disallowed a conical for a time. So here in Idaho there is no need for someone to buy a inline that will not comply with Idaho rules if he wants to hunt a ML only hunt. The make of that rifle does not matter it could be CVA, TC, or Knight. Now a guy could use an inline that does not comply with Idaho ML rules. He would have to use that rifle in an any weapon hunt. I know some guys that do that. If I wanted to use a ML on an any weapon hunt I would use the same Idaho legal rifle I already hunt with.
Ron