pluckit

http://youtu.be/W2D-Y6XREa0

pluckit

Sorry about all of this. I wish I had something better to do.
What the heck, I like doing it.

bronko22000

That 80 gr of Pyro looks like it has promise. I would shoot a couple more groups with that load to see if it is consistant. And IMO, 80 gr is plenty for deer.

Semisane

Hey Pluckit, were those targets shot with iron sights?

cayugad

open sights... trying different loads. Is the ignition good and solid in the rifle? I am sure its a matter of finding the right load. But personally when it comes to iron sights and 100 yards the game is wide open in my range.

Semisane

Those 100 yard groups are darn good for open sights. You should add 300 grain XTPs to the line up. I'd bet they would shoot very well too.

pluckit

Only the last target was shot with open sights. I had one fail to fire all day. I shot a lot of rounds and during the end of it all I stopped cleaning the bore and didn't use the brush on the breech plug for about 10 rounds or more before it failed to fire. I'm sure the spark plug got fouled and kept it from firing. I didn't want to take it apart at the range and since I was finished shooting anyway I took it home to get the load out. If you look at targets #5 and #6 you will see a lot of similarity in the point of impact even though there were two different powder loads and two completely different types of bullets used that were of different grain weight. I thought that was interesting.

pluckit

I have found a little more serious problem with the rifle that I should report on. The barrel has 2 lugs so 2 screws go through the stock to hold it on. One screw goes through the stock in front of the trigger guard, then into the barrel. Then you have a second screw that goes through the rear of the trigger guard and into the stock to hold the rear of the trigger guard. That second, rear screw is held by being screwed into the plastic stock and has completely stripped out and will no longer hold in place. I put 2 pieces of tooth pick in the screw hole and replaced the screw and I can really tighten it down now without it feeling like it's going to strip out. If anyone has any suggestions as to another method of fixing it I would love to hear it. I really don't see how CVA expected a screw to hold when it's screwed into plastic.

Semisane

Your local Ace Hardware will have a variety of small aluminimun tubes with an inside machine thread. They come in 3/8, 1/2, 3/4 and 1" lengths and various diameters. Find one that would be suitable and buy a matching tapered head bolt . Epoxy the threaded insert into the stock.

I would take the trigger guard and rear screw to the hardware store. Find a machine screw that best matches the rear guard screw, then find a threaded tube to match the machine screw.

pluckit

Thank you Semisane, I will look into that if my fix doesn't hold. The problem with your fix is that I don't know how to take the trigger guard off. The electronics are housed inside of it, which are connected to the safety on the top of the rifle. I would have to disconnect the safety to drop the trigger guard and all the electronics. I have tightened the screw as much as I can without stripping out the head of the screw and I can't strip out the pieces of tooth pics holding the screw in. So I think it will be OK.