I have been a machinist for 18 years, and looking at it from my standpoint; the only thing I saw I did not care for about the CVA is , and this may be only applicable to the model I looked at, I saw burrs on the rifle, therefore it didn't look as finished as some of the more expensive rifles. All of the machining looked ok, and honestly if a burr is the only thing that keeps someone from buying a rifle, I say that person is lazy, it only takes a couple minutes to deburr, and or lap the burrs off. I thought the quality of machining looked to be just as good as other rifle brands, but with the burrs, and the corners not as rounded, it gives people the misconception that the rifle is of poor quality. All of my guns, no matter what it is, I go thru them, deburr, and polish them. It does help in the performance of moving parts, and it looks alot cleaner.