RUSTED!!! CVA Optima
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Greenfield, IN
Posts: 953
RUSTED!!! CVA Optima
Ok... I have been shooting my TC Omega for several years & love it... so I am not new to this...
But my cousin in just getting into hunting... after he killed a nice bukc w/ my gun last year.... So I was checking the local pawn shop for some deals... they have a decent optima that I am considering for $120... but then he reaches behind the counter & pulls out this Nickel Optima w/ synthetic stock.... and the outside of the barrel is pretty pitted... so I pull the breech plug & look down the barrel & it looked pretty crusty... couldn't tell much with the low light in the shop...
He told me I could have it for $20.... wondering if it would be possible to bring this "project" back from the dead??? Or if it's a lost cause that I should walk away from???
But my cousin in just getting into hunting... after he killed a nice bukc w/ my gun last year.... So I was checking the local pawn shop for some deals... they have a decent optima that I am considering for $120... but then he reaches behind the counter & pulls out this Nickel Optima w/ synthetic stock.... and the outside of the barrel is pretty pitted... so I pull the breech plug & look down the barrel & it looked pretty crusty... couldn't tell much with the low light in the shop...
He told me I could have it for $20.... wondering if it would be possible to bring this "project" back from the dead??? Or if it's a lost cause that I should walk away from???
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
No way to tell until you buy it and try to clean up...
A hundred strokes with JB Bore Paste can to wonders though...
It may group 3 inches at 100 yards vs 1 1/2...If ranges are within 100, it will
be a cheap deal...
Heck, the stock and extra parts are worth a 20...
A hundred strokes with JB Bore Paste can to wonders though...
It may group 3 inches at 100 yards vs 1 1/2...If ranges are within 100, it will
be a cheap deal...
Heck, the stock and extra parts are worth a 20...
#7
I would look the gun over real close. But for 20 bucks.. if the trigger and hammer work good.. and you can get the breech plug out, well as I used to say, I left more money then that in a urinal on a good time Friday night.
I would get it as a project gun. Scrub the barrel down, if necessary a mild lapp of the barrel would help. It might be a short range shooter, say 75 yards or less, but it would be fun to have for part if anything else.
I would get it as a project gun. Scrub the barrel down, if necessary a mild lapp of the barrel would help. It might be a short range shooter, say 75 yards or less, but it would be fun to have for part if anything else.
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
What I would do in that situation is try for a good price on both guns like 110 the strip the rusty one and soak all the parts in Evapo-Rust and clean them up then polish the mating surfaces and order a new barrel for it with a bit of polishing it should be usable or saleable.
I would not try to force the action to work as you might damage parts, once it's cleaned up then you will be able to see what is needed if anything.
I would not try to force the action to work as you might damage parts, once it's cleaned up then you will be able to see what is needed if anything.
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Ohio
Posts: 861
Really not that simple. You have as much as a new gun by just buying the barrel from CVA. They sent me a Version 1 Accura frame for a Version 2 one time. They told me that I could keep the wrong frame. I thought well I wonder if I could just get a barrel and stock for this frame so I called them up. When they told me the price I laughed and asked them if they were mistaken. I could of got a brand new version 2 accura for what they wanted for the version 1 barrel and stock. I suspect you would not be ahead by just getting a barrel but you never know I guess.