My other new gun came in today
 

Got a 1990 CVA Apollo with musket nipple " now converted to #11" with a gorgeous wood grain stock. Trigger isn't bad at all, some creep but the trigger pull is right around 3lbs.

Emailed CVA the serial # to make sure before I load it to shoot.

One bad thing, its missing a part in the bolt that holds the cocking lever in place.

woohooo!! Apparently when i was cleaning the bolt, the missing part was held up by gunk and then fell into the sink water without me knowing. Shes all clean and ready to shoot now.

Nice. Now where are the pictures.

MD, if that one was part of the recall, does CVA offer a new gun in exchange? Just curious.

yeah Dudley already told me to send it in but at the time i was told it was a recall gun. This looks to be a solid barrel and not the 2 piece. No breech plug to mess with as well.

Oh hell there is a breech plug it looks like! Hard to tell with the rust covering the inside of that section.

Good luck with it. Let us know how it comes out.

well Mark from CVA emailed me and he said that gun was one of their firsts. Completely safe to shoot. He also said there is a removable breech plug but most likely will never come out if the previous owner hadn't removed it. I will call it a fixed plug for now LOL. I mentioned some rust in the receiver and he offered to take a look and inspect it free of charge just to make sure everything is okay with it.

90gr 2f goex/pyrodex RS with the 250 Aerolite he said should be a great shooting load in it.

I WAS going to shoot it but that darn nagging sister calls me this morning..... Can you come over and help me tear out my floors? I want new wood floors.

BLAH!

Good luck man!

Those early CVA guns were very nice. They were expensive too.

oh wait till i get pics of the factory finish! Beautiful but sadly must be stripped down due to some dents but main issue is that its flaking off towards the butt pad. Won't hurt anything other than the eye sights for now.