CVA .50 Bobcat

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CVA .50 Bobcat

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I've had this cursed smoke pole for years, and every time I fire it the nipple is blown off and lost. I'm desperate.
What size nipple should these use, and how should they be affixed?
They appear to screw in. Should I use thread lock? Or should I just sell this pile of sh!t and buy a better, wooden rifle?

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Re: CVA .50 Bobcat

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Hang it on the wall and get something better. Not worth the bother to try and sell, they were only like $90 new at Walmart when they were made. For an inexpensive shooter, I like my Traditions "Canyon", a Buckstalker that was relabeled for Cabela's. Not a lot of money and plenty accurate.
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Call Dixie Gun Works , however if the problem is caused by buggered threads then a new cone is not the solution, you will then need a gunsmith to repair it. I have CVA front stuffers, they are basic, but generally good shooters. If it's the one I am thinking then it's made by Jukar in Spain. A custom made smoke pole will cost you a couple of grand or more, a nice Italian replica Hawken is going to be $450-$500 unless you get lucky like I did this summer and find one for $50 in unfired condition at the flea market.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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??? Pics would help immensely.
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Noted. Inbound shortly. ETA damn quick.
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Looks like a thread problem to me.
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That's in nasty shape all right. Looks like the entire drum will need replacing.
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Trading it in on a flinter, when I find one.
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If you get more than $25 for it, I'd be surprised. And yes, JYD is right, the whole drum should be replaced.
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invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
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Re: CVA .50 Bobcat

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I'm scrapping this piece of crap, Ive got five guns (minimum) in my LGS right now and it's taking up space. So the $25 will go towards:

$700 PU Sniper. (Check)
$400 Swedish M96, and then the carbine.(IDK)
Yugo K98 (Who knows?)
$389 Rossi Rio Grande (Maybe.)


But I'm making it into a gonne first so I can sell a functional gun and lock parts separately. :wink:
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