I see quite a bit of talk about CVA muzzleloaders and can't help but think of all the lawsuits I read about a couple years ago regarding CVA not pressure testing their barrels but claiming that they would hold up to 150 grain powder charges. Apparently a lot of people lost hands and parts of faces to CVA muzzleloaders blowing up when loaded with 150 grains of powder. I just read about these lawsuits a couple years ago, but I think they were from several years before that. Anyone else ever hear of this and know whether CVA has finally started pressure testing their barrels? Just curious, not bashing CVA owners.
I always associate CVA muzzleloaders with these problems, just from reading about those issues. Seems like they are good now. Everybody seems really happy with them. I've never shot one. I think I'd like to try one out one of these days.
If you scroll through the Muzzle-loader forum you will find every time someone brings up CVA someone else posts the "dont shoot CVA's they will kill you" reply. I am aware that CVA had some issues in the 90's, but i have yet to see anyone actually have a problem. Someone always has a freinds brothers girlfriends dad story about them, but no actual accounts. I have probably shot 200 rounds through my elkhorn in the last 5 years, no problems noted. I have watched a remington MZ blow up in a guys hand, and read on this forum about Vortek and Traditions having problems.
I guess in retrospect its up to the user to make sure the gun is safe, dont run 150gr of powder if the gun cant handle it, or dont go over 300gr sabots if the manual says so. (I.E. CVA's)
