CVA Magbolt 150
Question:
Before anyone says anything…..I know I probably shouldn’t have bought a cheap rifle About 3 weeks ago, I bought a CVA MagBolt 150 that was on sale at Bass Pro Shops. Quality of the gun was about what one would expect for 120 bucks. Fired it about 15 to 20 times on the range getting ready for a deer hunt on a Texas WMA. Thought it was ready even though we had had a couple of misfires. Second morning of the hunt, my 17 year old called me on the radio and said that he had aimed at a doe and all he got from the rifle was a "click". Cap didn’t fire. Recycled the bolt and tried again……"click". Took the bolt apart when we got back home, and the spring fell out in many pieces with the largest piece of spring about 3/4 of an inch. Luckily, Bass Pro shops stood up and took the d… thing back and allowed me to upgrade to a Knight. Should have bought the Knight to begin with. It took CVA a week to reply to my email. I have been looking at Inline ML for a few months and done a lot of reaserch. I have looked at CVA, Knight, White and T/C. I really liked the look of the CVA guns but I have heard they are not the best in quality. I have spoke with a few people who liked them though and have had no problems. I am not sure how well CVA’s customer service is. White Systems makes a good gun but they are pretty pricey. A lot of guys here in the west seem to really like them though. It really was a toss up between Knight and T/C. I liked the looks of the T/C Black Diamond and the Knight Bighorn. I think they are both good guns and most importantly both companys stand behind there product 100%. I ended up getting the Knight (come on Xmas!) because a friend has one and I liked how it shoots. Mark Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Response:
Before anyone says anything…..I know I probably shouldn’t have bought a cheap rifle About 3 weeks ago, I bought a CVA MagBolt 150 that was on sale at Bass Pro Shops. Quality of the gun was about what one would expect for 120 bucks. Fired it about 15 to 20 times on the range getting ready for a deer hunt on a Texas WMA. Thought it was ready even though we had had a couple of misfires. Second morning of the hunt, my 17 year old called me on the radio and said that he had aimed at a doe and all he got from the rifle was a "click". Cap didn’t fire. Recycled the bolt and tried again……"click". Took the bolt apart when we got back home, and the spring fell out in many pieces with the largest piece of spring about 3/4 of an inch. Luckily, Bass Pro shops stood up and took the d… thing back and allowed me to upgrade to a Knight. Should have bought the Knight to begin with. It took CVA a week to reply to my email. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
