Mountain Man Bushcraft.....Old CVA Mountain Rifle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Jonathan Koziol at FB page Frontier Muzzleloaders. Jonathan takes Muzzleloader kits and does his own finishing touche on them.
For leather shooting bags, belt bags, rifle slings, Flint wallets and other leather and hand-woven goods, contact Travis Bauer at FB page A Second Chance at History.
For hand-woven sashes and leg ties, contact Dan Lamping either at his personal page or you can find him at FB page Mountain Man, Long Hunter and Rendezvous..... 18th and early 19th century.
Same here, I saw Jeremiah Johnson at the movies and ordered myself a CVA Mountain Rifle "Hawkin" kit for Christmas. That was about 1980.
Those Spanish guns had pretty soft steel and I wore the lock out after about five years of hard use.
Recently I have kind of wanted another one and I got lucky
I found a Made in USA mountain rifle in 45 caliber that someone built from a kit and never fired.
I hope to take it out soon and see if it likes 440s or 445 balls.
Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed the video. And congrats on the new/old CVA Mountain Rifle.
You have good taste in guns, sir. I've had my percussion Mountain Rifle for about 20 years now. Haven't fired it for a while, was considering selling it. Now with the cost of cartridges going through the roof, I think I'll keep it for a while.
Great video, thanks for sharing. We have to keep muzzleloaders alive!
Thanks so much for viewing!!
A CVA mountain rifle was not considered a bottom of the line kit. It was all American made and was their top of the line. It had a German silver patch box, pewter nose cap and ramrod fittings. etc. It has a 1 in 66" and was a very accurate round ball gun. Price wise, it was just a few bucks less than a Thompson Center Hawken, which everyone wanted at the time.
Was just comparing it to much higher end rifles. CVA mountain rifles can be tak drivers.
Also, later on they started manufacturing them in Spain.
And saying bottom of the line does not necessarily mean that it is not a good rifle. They were just very inexpensive. If it were not a good rifle, I would not get another one even for nostalgic purposes.
But I definitely can appreciate what your saying. Thanks again for viewing.
Seeing a poorly finished CVA Kentucky rifle is what made me want to try one (kit) myself. I recommend getting a factory finished rifle first to shoot so a person doesn’t hurry through his first kit rifle.
Not a bad suggestion my friend. I put my first one together. With my line of work, I didn't have the time to finish this one. But Jonathan Koziol did a fantastic job on this one. But now days there is so much easily obtained info and instructions that a person just can't miss as long as they are at least somewhat crafty. 😉
Hi Steve, It's great you were able to pick up another. I have been doing the same recently trying to get some knives that I used to have that are hard to get now due to being discontinued for decades in some cases. Nostalgia heh. Love to see your guns in action.
Yeah it seems we're always sorry later on after getting rid of something that at the time we figured was somewhat obsolete. But now I feel like I have something better than I had back then as far as the CVA Mountain rifle goes. What I bought after the old CVA that I had years ago was a Lyman Great Plains. I wish I still had that too but I don't think I'm going to be getting a Lyman Great Plains anytime soon. LOL
I'm going to be sharing another rifle that I got from Jonathan at Frontier Muzzleloaders later on.
Thanks for stopping in and watching!
Awesome Video my friend! Thanks for sharing and have a blessed day!
Back in 1976 my Dad bought me a 45 cal Kentucky rifle kit, and himself a 54 cal Mountain rifle kit, both CVA. They were fun to build and fun to shoot. Dad passed away in 1980, but I still have both rifles. I took a nice Whitetail Deer with Dad's a few years back. I haven't shot them in a long time now...….might have to did 'em out and dust 'em off!
That is a great story my friend! Thanks so much for sharing that with me! You definitely have two wonderful memory pieces. Thanks for stopping interview. God bless!
@@stevebuckskinner5482 Thank you and you as well.
Jonathan did a real nice job on that piece!...now lets see some smoke!...LOL...Blessings amigo!...woods
Thanks Woods!! That's one of my next tasks is scouting out a place to shoot and do a little camping. I'd like to get some videos done of those types of thing. Blessings to you my friend!
@@stevebuckskinner5482 Many moons ago i had me a flinter, it was a semi custom Tennessee Mtn rifle in .36 cal, full stock with the flare below the muzzle...I had more fun shooting that beauty than any one man had a right too..one year i had to sell her to make the rent...broke my heart to part with it...a poor mans model with no frills she was...just my type...atb...woods
Aside the gun, that's a darn fine lid and deer skin shirt.
That's awesome buddy
Thanks Robert! Definitely appreciate that!
Thats a cva big bore mountain rifle..great gun
Yes sir!!
Steve that's a Flinter made to hunt with, if you get through Phoenix holler at me and we can shoot at paper and pins, Are you putting in for muzzleloader hunts this year?, I am going to try Unit 8 Muzzleloader again, Jonathan did good, he is a solid guy.If you are coming through Arizona in February the Bouse Hills Rendezvous' is happening.
I appreciate that Bill. In my line of work we never know where we're going to be until we get the load assignment. But you never know, It could happen. BTW..... My sister her husband and my mom now live in Apache Junction. So if I get through there it'll probably be to visit with my beloved 89 year old mom. With that being said, I'd love to get hooked up with you bro and do some shooting or something!
guns nice but the coat is great wow
This was a fun build! I remember this one so well! Sure wish it were mine lol. How's she shooting for you? Jonathan
Hey Jonathan 👋
With everything going on in my life, I haven't had a chance to shoot it, yet.
All my guns got packed up and put away for our move. Things have been absolutely crazy. We are now settled in San Antonio Texas and I will be retiring in about a week and a half. Will start working on getting my leather shop together and will be looking for public land were I can shoot and do some videos.
So great to hear from you Jonathan!!!
Do you think you would be able to do a video on all the accouterments?
That is definitely in the lineup to do. I think what I'll do is show what's in the bag, what's on my belt and that kind of thing. I have a period Backpack also but I'm slowly getting stuff together for. I even hope to do solo campouts primitive style and video some of that.
@@stevebuckskinner5482 That would be great!
This rifle is made in Spain by Dikar (in Bergara) and marketed in USA by CVA. Good rifle for shooting and hunting. The Big Bore is in cal, 54 or 58. With patch box in caliber 45 or 50. Saludos desde España.
That's absolutely right my friend. They were completely made in the US at one time and then they started making them in Spain. Either way a great gun all the way around especially for the price. Thanks for viewing! God bless!
@@stevebuckskinner5482 Hi. Thank you for uploading the video. I also have a rifle equal in caliber 54, in percussion. It is a very good rifle to shoot the ball of 0,530 and also does not weigh too much. God bless you. Saludos desde España, amigo.
Down in the description of this video is information on Jonathan at Frontier muzzleloaders, Dan lamping who makes hand-woven sashes and leg ties, and Ira Callahan who does powder horns and other items.
I Want A .50 or .58 Cal
Hawken Rifle...
Just bid on a caplock........ 6 more days
This Video Is not That Good I cant Hear it the Volome it's To Far
Sorry. But thanks for viewing.
I must say.....This is the first complaint I've had as far as sound goes. But again, thanks for viewing.