Now MD, you of all people should know better than to bring up companies buying designs and slapping their name on it. TC bought ONE design. Period. CVA has YET to have an original design! EVER! Every single one of their rifles and handguns are either reproductions or flat out STOLEN from TC and you know it! They are cheap knockoffs and the company has been sued more times than one can count!


And yes Pete I have not only seen the results of shoddy barrels from CVA but have actually seen a bulge out firing from a NORMAL load. Not even a heavy magnum load but 90gr Goex 2f and a 300 gr connie. Chamber had a 3 inch long and almost half the barrel width bulge and no it wasn't double loaded or anything done wrong. Buddy was shooting right beside me at the range and I saw him load right after a shot. Was a CVA optima if I remember correctly. Of course the company replaced it and as soon as he got the new one in he sold it! So no I am NOT just spouting off BS from Randy Wakeman or any of the other nay BS artists. But I do see many many many many negative reviews of CVA products. Is their BS a thing of the past? Could be but more than likely not. And as far as testing, whoever said TC doesn't test their barrels is full of crap. Every barrel from TC is pressure tested and magnafluxed period! CVA barrels are the ones that skip the testing procedure MD and have been busted for it many times.