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Post by mateo on Feb 28, 2023 11:50:20 GMT -5
the adjustment under the forearm is a black, smooth headed screw that is locked in place with a very tiny set screw. if you back the smooth headed screw out a tiny bit this will tighten up the forearm and also the tightness of the action or union between the action and barrel. My conversion needed adjusting and my 6.5 creedmoor scout was already good and tight. It can really make a difference in accuracy. It takes very little adjusting on that screw to make a difference in tightening everything up. Here you go Matt, on page 2 Hank and some others mention the same thing it does make a difference I would locktite the set screw with blue 242 when finished the set screw taes a 1/8 allen wrench yup, I already tightened (backed the screw out) the forearm up good. I did that before I shot it. It's holding good so far. Thanks!
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Post by mateo on Mar 13, 2023 9:49:29 GMT -5
shot pretty well with 65 grains at 100 yds and 200 yds. Matt looks good !! Is this a CVA SCOUT V2 ? Thanks for the Picture of the target,,,,,
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Post by SURESHOT on Mar 13, 2023 10:12:21 GMT -5
Matt, these guns have alot of wip, flop. Wondering what front rest you may be using, and do you apply any finger pressure on the front scope ring ? People shoot differantly than others, When I shoot these I apply a (two fingers) to the front ring with just slight pressure, it may help, its just how I do it to help stable the up and down Nice group! and thanks for the pictures.... I will be helping a friend with his later this week, when it comes in
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Post by mateo on Mar 13, 2023 10:42:08 GMT -5
Matt, these guns have alot of wip, flop. Wondering what front rest you may be using, and do you apply any finger pressure on the front scope ring ? People shoot differantly than others, When I shoot these I apply a (two fingers) to the front ring with just slight pressure, it may help, its just how I do it to help stable the up and down Nice group! and thans for the pictures.... I will be helping a friend with his later this week, when it comes in When I first started shooting it, (probably 1st 20 some shots), I was using a large front rabbit ear bag and a smaller sized squeeze bag in the rear. I worked pretty good, but still wasn't satisfied with the "wobble". I've actually now reversed them. I've got the larger rabbit ear bag in the rear, (it's filled with air soft b.b.'s and holds pretty firm but has some good squeeze/flex to it if needed), and use the smaller squeeze bag laid sideways in the front on top of a wood block. It's kind bass ackwards from what people would normally do, but it's working great for me shooting off a solid concrete bench and/or laying on the ground. I can pretty much get the gun completely still doing it this way. I hunt out of a box blind, and have came up with a couple of different ways I can replicate the way I'm shooting in the box blind, so that will be very nice/helpful for the way I'm practicing. I get fairly firm pressure in my shoulder, but am not overdoing it. I've got a good custom cheek weld on it, so I can squish my face down on the stock with just the right amount of pressure as to not move the gun, and be very comfortable for quite some time if needed. I don't wrap my shooting hand around the gun at all, and just rest the side of my hand to the gun, and bottom 3 fingers tucked below barley even touching the gun. Essentially, I've got extremely limited shooting hand pressure on the gun at all. My off hand is controlling the left/right, up/down of the shot with the front squeeze bag, along with a little adjustment if needed in the back with shoulder pressure/rabbit ear bag squeeze/etc. My off hand stays on the front bag pretty much, and it doesn't touch my gun. It does certainly have a lot of "whip/flop", but I've gotten used to it now, and I've gotten pretty good at "follow thru" with the gun returning close to the same position it was when I pulled the trigger.
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Post by SURESHOT on Mar 13, 2023 10:59:26 GMT -5
Sounds like to me you have it under control !! I use something similar to your set up, and in my box blinds here in NC most of the time I just shoot off the rail or I have a plastic ZIPLOCK bag with sand that may be used depending on the range of the shot.
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Post by SURESHOT on Apr 8, 2023 11:40:13 GMT -5
Have a black scout ready for the range, has a Vortex 4x24x50 on top, will try 65 grains of IMR 4198 and the Pittman 275 grain, starting out with a loose fit with the bullet, and a wad, the SCOUT is not my gun, its a friends,
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Post by SURESHOT on Apr 15, 2023 8:14:54 GMT -5
made it to the range, with the Scout (BLACK) one,, shot a little over 1/2 inch 3 shot group at 100 yards . Plan to go back and use FEDERAL 215 primers instead of the CCI 250 magnum primers and will probley try without the wad for a couple firings. Did try to upload target picture states that the file is to big will try again,,,,,,,,,,,, Let me add there at the end the grouping had opened up, so we will recheck as mentioned with concerns with the base. Hopefully not an issue....
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Post by SURESHOT on Apr 15, 2023 8:44:06 GMT -5
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Post by SURESHOT on Apr 17, 2023 14:29:33 GMT -5
made it back to the range after checking both base and rings seemed okay, re zeroed to 3 inches high at 100 yards, this is the group, its dead center at 200 and 6 inches low at 300, no wad this time and used federal 215 primers instead of CCI 250 mag primers,,,, click on target for right side up.....
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Post by SURESHOT on May 9, 2023 13:13:28 GMT -5
Gave this recent BLUE/BLACK scout to its owner he is very happy with the target results!!!! compared to his OLD style BLACK POWDER ML,,,,
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Post by SURESHOT on Aug 13, 2023 11:02:40 GMT -5
first trip to the range today with another CVA SCOUT V2 45 ml, with the owner trying to zero I stepped in to help out just before being short on bullets, the gun shot very well, target to follow,
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Post by SURESHOT on Aug 13, 2023 11:12:47 GMT -5
at the top first sight in, then center to right next adjustment, and at the center last two shots, 3 inches high at one hundred, just about dead on at 200, 300 about 8 inches low.... need to mention, this CVA V2 is one of the few that I have found the barrel to feel consistent pushing the Pittman 275 down.
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Post by mateo on Aug 21, 2023 9:25:14 GMT -5
at the top first sight in, then center to right next adjustment, and the at center two shots, 3 inches high at one hundred, just about dead on at 200, 300 about 8 inches low.... need to mention, this CVA V2 is one of the few that I have found the barrel to feel consistent pushing the Pittman 275 down. I just dialed in a new one for my dad. Shot amazing so far out to 200 yds. This gun also has an extremely consistent barrel feel from one end to the other. Mine is fairly consistent as well, but not quite as good as his. Mines is perfect now since I've shot about 200 rounds through it, (was fine consistent wise after 20 or so rounds). Mine was only slightly choked, (tighter at muzzle end), but not very much. It shot lights out right from the start though, and so has my dads. I bought mine in January/February and we got my dads in June/July. The cool thing is I used the same 275 grain Pittman bullets from my gun that were already sized for my gun, and they fit his barrel perfect. I tried uploading a picture, but it says it won't allow any more pictures to be uploaded on this post for some reason. Any way, we are so pleased with our guns so far. I've shot mine out to 400 yds a couple of times, unfortunately its been extremely windy both times I did it, so the 1st time I only shot like 3 rounds and gave up. The 2nd time I shot 5 or 6 rounds or so, and put together like an 8" group, so not great by any means. But I've put together a group the size of my fist at 300 yards, and a 2 1/2" group at 250 yards with mine, both with around a 10 to 15 mph 1/4 to 1/2 value winds, and both would have been vital lethal shots as far as point of impact goes. I'm going to be doing some more shooting with mine at further distances this fall before deer season, but I currently would feel confident at killing a deer at the 250/300 yard range, (provided the wind is 5 mph or less), and for sure 225 yards and in with winds up to 20 mph. I've did quite a bit of testing/shooting with 10 to 20 mph winds that varied from full value to 1/8 value, and would feel extremely confident at that 225 yard and in range with those winds. My goal is to in the fall and spring, (when its cooler) to shoot/practice at 400 yards so I can be a proficient as possible at 300 yards no matter the conditions. I personally feel that these are a very good 300 yard gun, and with proper work could be ok out to 400 yards, but that' s just my opinion so far, and I don't have a ton of experience with them yet, and I'm certainly no marksman. Others can probably do better. None of my hunting situations ever require me to shoot past 300 yards, and most of my shots are 100 and in, so this gun is great for that.
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Post by SURESHOT on Aug 21, 2023 12:27:57 GMT -5
at the top first sight in, then center to right next adjustment, and the at center two shots, 3 inches high at one hundred, just about dead on at 200, 300 about 8 inches low.... need to mention, this CVA V2 is one of the few that I have found the barrel to feel consistent pushing the Pittman 275 down. I just dialed in a new one for my dad. Shot amazing so far out to 200 yds. This gun also has an extremely consistent barrel feel from one end to the other. Mine is fairly consistent as well, but not quite as good as his. Mines is perfect now since I've shot about 200 rounds through it, (was fine consistent wise after 20 or so rounds). Mine was only slightly choked, (tighter at muzzle end), but not very much. It shot lights out right from the start though, and so has my dads. I bought mine in January/February and we got my dads in June/July. The cool thing is I used the same 275 grain Pittman bullets from my gun that were already sized for my gun, and they fit his barrel perfect. I tried uploading a picture, but it says it won't allow any more pictures to be uploaded on this post for some reason. Any way, we are so pleased with our guns so far. I've shot mine out to 400 yds a couple of times, unfortunately its been extremely windy both times I did it, so the 1st time I only shot like 3 rounds and gave up. The 2nd time I shot 5 or 6 rounds or so, and put together like an 8" group, so not great by any means. But I've put together a group the size of my fist at 300 yards, and a 2 1/2" group at 250 yards with mine, both with around a 10 to 15 mph 1/4 to 1/2 value winds, and both would have been vital lethal shots as far as point of impact goes. I'm going to be doing some more shooting with mine at further distances this fall before deer season, but I currently would feel confident at killing a deer at the 250/300 yard range, (provided the wind is 5 mph or less), and for sure 225 yards and in with winds up to 20 mph. I've did quite a bit of testing/shooting with 10 to 20 mph winds that varied from full value to 1/8 value, and would feel extremely confident at that 225 yard and in range with those winds. My goal is to in the fall and spring, (when its cooler) to shoot/practice at 400 yards so I can be a proficient as possible at 300 yards no matter the conditions. I personally feel that these are a very good 300 yard gun, and with proper work could be ok out to 400 yards, but that' s just my opinion so far, and I don't have a ton of experience with them yet, and I'm certainly no marksman. Others can probably do better. None of my hunting situations ever require me to shoot past 300 yards, and most of my shots are 100 and in, so this gun is great for that. What ype of scope do you have mounted, glad to hear your results! try posting pictures with Postimages its free easy to post here
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Post by mateo on Aug 21, 2023 15:34:20 GMT -5
I just dialed in a new one for my dad. Shot amazing so far out to 200 yds. This gun also has an extremely consistent barrel feel from one end to the other. Mine is fairly consistent as well, but not quite as good as his. Mines is perfect now since I've shot about 200 rounds through it, (was fine consistent wise after 20 or so rounds). Mine was only slightly choked, (tighter at muzzle end), but not very much. It shot lights out right from the start though, and so has my dads. I bought mine in January/February and we got my dads in June/July. The cool thing is I used the same 275 grain Pittman bullets from my gun that were already sized for my gun, and they fit his barrel perfect. I tried uploading a picture, but it says it won't allow any more pictures to be uploaded on this post for some reason. Any way, we are so pleased with our guns so far. I've shot mine out to 400 yds a couple of times, unfortunately its been extremely windy both times I did it, so the 1st time I only shot like 3 rounds and gave up. The 2nd time I shot 5 or 6 rounds or so, and put together like an 8" group, so not great by any means. But I've put together a group the size of my fist at 300 yards, and a 2 1/2" group at 250 yards with mine, both with around a 10 to 15 mph 1/4 to 1/2 value winds, and both would have been vital lethal shots as far as point of impact goes. I'm going to be doing some more shooting with mine at further distances this fall before deer season, but I currently would feel confident at killing a deer at the 250/300 yard range, (provided the wind is 5 mph or less), and for sure 225 yards and in with winds up to 20 mph. I've did quite a bit of testing/shooting with 10 to 20 mph winds that varied from full value to 1/8 value, and would feel extremely confident at that 225 yard and in range with those winds. My goal is to in the fall and spring, (when its cooler) to shoot/practice at 400 yards so I can be a proficient as possible at 300 yards no matter the conditions. I personally feel that these are a very good 300 yard gun, and with proper work could be ok out to 400 yards, but that' s just my opinion so far, and I don't have a ton of experience with them yet, and I'm certainly no marksman. Others can probably do better. None of my hunting situations ever require me to shoot past 300 yards, and most of my shots are 100 and in, so this gun is great for that. What ype of scope do you have mounted, glad to hear your results! try posting pictures with Postimages its free easy to post here I have a Leupold VX 5HD 3 x 15 x 56. My dads is a Vortex 3 x 12 x 56. I've posted other pics on this thread in particular with no issues. If you scroll up or click on some of the other posts in this thread you'll see some of my pictures I've posted. This is the only time it wouldn't let me post any; it said this thread has too many and wouldn't let me post. Kinda weird.
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Post by SURESHOT on Aug 21, 2023 16:21:56 GMT -5
Mateo, understand, I also had troubles posting so Buckeye got me straight on the pic posting,,,,, glad to see you and others adding to this thread hopefully more will add to it also with info,,,
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Post by SURESHOT on Oct 13, 2023 12:35:35 GMT -5
A few days ago had a trip back to the range checking ZERO on a couple CVA SCOUT V2 45 ML's , the first one shot very well, the second one was like a scatter gun, about a 3 to 4 inch group, I have set this gun up in the past as the other one, so I was alittle puzzled. Checked scope mounts, nothing found there, checked the forarm stock seemed good and tight. Decided to clean the barrel, and then located what I believe the problem was, not the cleaning ( which it was dirty) but the breech plug was very loose..... So cleaned it up, retighten the breech plug and its back shooting.. Just wanted to share
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Post by mateo on Oct 13, 2023 15:09:36 GMT -5
A few days ago had a trip back to the range checking ZERO on a couple CVA SCOUT V2 45 ML's , the first one shot very well, the second one was like a scatter gun, about a 3 to 4 inch group, I have set this gun up in the past as the other one, so I was alittle puzzled. Checked scope mounts, nothing found there, checked the forarm stock seemed good and tight. Decided to clean the barrel, and then located what I believe the problem was, not the cleaning ( which it was dirty) but the breech plug was very loose..... So cleaned it up, retighten the breech plug and its back shooting.. Just wanted to share That's good to know. I was recently out with mine and my dads. I've shot well over a 175 rounds through mine, and this was the 1st time my Zero ever was off. I have tons of withness marks. Nothing is loose, and nothing has moved. As a matter of fact, my son killed a deer with mine the weekend before, and was a heart shot. Granted it was only a 35/40 yd shot. It was only off 1 MOA up/down. Left right was still dead on. I made an adjustment, and shot back to zero. Went to 200 and shot with my new zero, but original dial up, and was dead on. I'm going to go shoot again in a few weeks and see if it's still good. There wasn't much difference in temps/humidity/etc. I've shot this thing from 20 degree weather up to 80 degree weather and never had any change. The only 2 things I can possibly think of is it was a little dirty, (not bad at all though). I don't hardly ever clean this thing, and when I do, it's like just running a dry patch through a few times right after I shoot. So, I pulled the plug, ran a wet patch twice through it, then a few dry patches. Cleaned the plug up and put it back together. I also think I got into a different bottle of powder, which could also be part of the problem, or all of the problem. I'm not super concerned about it. I've got like 4 bottles of powder, so I'm making sure I have the one I'm using marked as open so that's the only one I use. A guy should probably recheck zero any time opening up a new bottle perhaps. I'll check it again in a few weeks, and will also shoot and check again in the beginning of December before hunting. The good thing is these things don't take much to get reset. My dads I had dialed in perfect at 100 yds and 200 yds. Only shot a total of 12 rds through it, (he shot 6 of those after I had it dialed in for him). When shooting his the other day, it was also off like mine was, but it was more like 1 1/4 MOA. I also re-zeroed his, and plan on rechecking his the same as mine. Again, I think we had a different bottle/lot of powder, because his wasn't hardly dirty at all since it only had 12 rounds previously shot through it. Sorry for the long post, just thought I'd share as it may help someone! Also to be clear, they both still shot amazing groups, its just the point of impact was off. Mine shot a 7/16" group at 100 yds still, and a 1 shot bullseye at 200 yds. My dad shot a 2 1/4" group at 200 yds, which is great for him, as he hardly ever shoots!
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Post by SURESHOT on Oct 14, 2023 9:03:11 GMT -5
A few days ago had a trip back to the range checking ZERO on a couple CVA SCOUT V2 45 ML's , the first one shot very well, the second one was like a scatter gun, about a 3 to 4 inch group, I have set this gun up in the past as the other one, so I was alittle puzzled. Checked scope mounts, nothing found there, checked the forarm stock seemed good and tight. Decided to clean the barrel, and then located what I believe the problem was, not the cleaning ( which it was dirty) but the breech plug was very loose..... So cleaned it up, retighten the breech plug and its back shooting.. Just wanted to share That's good to know. I was recently out with mine and my dads. I've shot well over a 175 rounds through mine, and this was the 1st time my Zero ever was off. I have tons of withness marks. Nothing is loose, and nothing has moved. As a matter of fact, my son killed a deer with mine the weekend before, and was a heart shot. Granted it was only a 35/40 yd shot. It was only off 1 MOA up/down. Left right was still dead on. I made an adjustment, and shot back to zero. Went to 200 and shot with my new zero, but original dial up, and was dead on. I'm going to go shoot again in a few weeks and see if it's still good. There wasn't much difference in temps/humidity/etc. I've shot this thing from 20 degree weather up to 80 degree weather and never had any change. The only 2 things I can possibly think of is it was a little dirty, (not bad at all though). I don't hardly ever clean this thing, and when I do, it's like just running a dry patch through a few times right after I shoot. So, I pulled the plug, ran a wet patch twice through it, then a few dry patches. Cleaned the plug up and put it back together. I also think I got into a different bottle of powder, which could also be part of the problem, or all of the problem. I'm not super concerned about it. I've got like 4 bottles of powder, so I'm making sure I have the one I'm using marked as open so that's the only one I use. A guy should probably recheck zero any time opening up a new bottle perhaps. I'll check it again in a few weeks, and will also shoot and check again in the beginning of December before hunting. The good thing is these things don't take much to get reset. My dads I had dialed in perfect at 100 yds and 200 yds. Only shot a total of 12 rds through it, (he shot 6 of those after I had it dialed in for him). When shooting his the other day, it was also off like mine was, but it was more like 1 1/4 MOA. I also re-zeroed his, and plan on rechecking his the same as mine. Again, I think we had a different bottle/lot of powder, because his wasn't hardly dirty at all since it only had 12 rounds previously shot through it. Sorry for the long post, just thought I'd share as it may help someone! Also to be clear, they both still shot amazing groups, its just the point of impact was off. Mine shot a 7/16" group at 100 yds still, and a 1 shot bullseye at 200 yds. My dad shot a 2 1/4" group at 200 yds, which is great for him, as he hardly ever shoots!
Glad you added your post any info may be helpful to me or others, more SCOUTS are being purchased and converted they seem to be $ friendly thanks
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Post by SURESHOT on Oct 21, 2023 8:16:30 GMT -5
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