Hello
Yesterday,I finally took my CVA Woolf to the range.It did pretty good;I like it.The sights are a little chintzy,but I had intended to replace them wit a Bushnell Holosight ,anyway.It is on the gun now.The sight and the gun were made for each other.
Biggest disapointment is cleaning the thing.Do you always disassemble it after shooting it,to clean it?
Would every other shoot be acceptable for disassembly?
Frank

Frank I've had a couple different CVA's and all of them shot well once I found a load they liked. Both of mine and one my old shooting partner responded well to Lee's REAL bullets in 50 and 54 caliber.

Is the Wolf an inline? All mine except one were swing hammer guns and my old hunting partner has it now. Usually taking the stock off and cleaning didn't effect the point of aim, but we had fire sights on all of them. With the Holosight mounted on the barrel it shouldn't effect the point of aim when you take it down.

If your shooting something like Triple Seven then you probably could get away with cleaning every other time, but I guess I'm a little anal about cleaning and I cleaned mine after every shooting session. I worked as a gunsmith part time for 27 years and can't tell you how many barrels I've seen ruined brought in that had been left uncleaned after shooting.

I've heard all of the horror stories about the barrels rusting, and hoped they were not true, but like you, i think i am just that anal, I clean mine after being out in the field, if a shot was fired or not. The longest i have ever went without cleaning was 3 days, and i was almost sick to my stomach that i had to wait that long.

The guy i sold my old CVA Buckhorn to isn't as crazy about cleaning as i am, and have heard from him of the barrel rusting. I'd rather take 10 minutes to clean it, then to ruin a prefectly good gun. I have an Optima, which isn't too far off of the Wolf (my brother in-law has one) and they clean the same.

Unless i am mistaken, all you have to do is take out the breech plug, which i wouldn't call a tear down, but it still takes me less than 20 minutes, from start to finish.

Good Luck with your new toy, hope she treats you well for years to come.

The CVA Wolf is an inline rifle,the least expensive one that they sell.
I have no problem with cleaning the barrel and removing the breechblock.
I would like to refrain from removing the forestock and buttstock and thefireing pin assembly.
Frank

One of the reasons I went to triple seven is a few wet patches cleaned it up with no problems. It doesn't have the stuff that makes black powder foul. It also takes less of it to make the same velocities black powder has.

Try 83 grains measure, and 245 platinum PB. I don't shoot them as I can't get blood trails or a threw and threw shot. Try Shockwaves 250 w/ super glide sabot. Find em' in wally world. Also the Wolf doesn't like to be pushed hard because of the short barrel, it will tumble yourloads. If you are shooting beyond 100 yards consider a gun w/ a longer barrel. But I liked the wolf and carry it on my brush thicket hunts. Swings up fast for target aquisiton.

I gave my hunting buddy my CVA inline for Christmas a few years ago as he was having a terrible time getting his old swing hammer CVA to shoot. I had just gotten a new Rem 700 ML and then the State of Idaho came along and made them all illegal for the muzzle loader hunt. It's still fun to shoot and did really well with Lee's REAL Bullets. We take them out and shoot at ground squirrels once in a while just for the heck of it. The Triple 7 makes clean up a snap.

I'm going to get his old swing hammer out and see if I can get it shooting. It's in my safe just sitting there sniffing about being neglected so long. I don't think it's been fired for several years.

Hey there Frank,

I too have a Wolf and have noted a lot of blow-by soot in the action area. That would be my primary reason for disassembly. I pretty much break down the rifle after each range session for ease of cleaning the action and locking lug. If I have only fired one shot at the end of a day of hunting, I won't.

James

Hey there Frank,

I too have a Wolf and have noted a lot of blow-by soot in the action area. That would be my primary reason for disassembly. I pretty much break down the rifle after each range session for ease of cleaning the action and locking lug. If I have only fired one shot at the end of a day of hunting, I won't.

James


Thanks,a bunch.
That's the kind of answer that I had expected to get here.Hands on experience;not conjecture.
Frank