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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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Mike,

It's hard to argue with the success of Brad and Ty Rice, both National Silhouette Champions with the CPA Stevens. Although I mostly shot mine as a .22. My 32-40 and 40-65 barrels were tack drivers and didn't suffer from "vertical stringing". Sometimes I think we overthink what we are doing in this journey. It's actually pretty simple, if we keep it simple.

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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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You could be right Woody, as I said it is just an opinion , and the reason I think it is likely over time and use.
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Think Rick Moritz is another CPA shooter and he has a decent record, as well. :wink:
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How could I forget the "Hummingbird rifle team"!! Sorry Rick.

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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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Hello Woody,

Woody, I thought I had made a lasting impression. Perhaps not.

I have heard that the CPA 441/2 rifle barrel attachment will loosen. I own a few and have never experienced this. Upon the strong suggestion from Mike Lewis, Colorado Gunsmith, I use two ribbons of grease on the threads with grease on the shoulder of the barrel. I do this every time I change a barrel being careful to clean off the old grease prior to applying the new grease. Knowing that we are not spinning the barrel on at 2,000 rpm I don't know where the wear might come from? I have one rifle, in particular, that has three different barrels and is very competitive at a national level.

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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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Matt - did you go for it? Cannot tell from your post with pic's if you bought it or not.

We are fortunate to have at least five (Shiloh Sharps, C. Sharps, CPA, DZ Arms & MVA - I may have missed one or two) high quality single-shot suppliers in the USA.
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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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As many times I have screwed my .22 barrel off it has not loosened up that I can tell. I been thinking sending Gale one of the barrels and tell her to build another rifle using it.
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SSShooter,

Yes, it now has a new home!
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SSShooter,

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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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Congrats. As many of us have said, an excellent choice.
If you did not receive a copy of the owner's manual you can order one under "Reference" on the CPA website. Has good info on all the available adjustments, etc., should you need.
When I purchased my rifle Gail also recommended a spare CF firing pin as a spare, though I've not needed, to date.
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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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Great, Thanks for the info, I will print one out today!

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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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I only tighten my barrels by hand, as soon as the shoulder makes contact stop and look at the index mark. No reason to twist it on as tight as you can, don't do that. I can see how twisting it on with all you got over and over could change things over time. I've had no problems with mine at all.
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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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Paul told me when I piked up my first rifle to snug the barrel by hand and let the setscrew time it.
Since I just had them build another rifle and I took care of the wood work and finishing. I only have one switch barrel left and it will get a new receiver down the line because I don't like to switch the barrels. I want to shoot the rifles not work on them when I'm at a match or range.
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Re: 4 1/2 stevens

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The friend I spoke of has 7-8 different barrels for the one receiver and fits them himself. It's been awhile since I talked to him about it. I should call him up again and verify if I understood him correctly about noticing the threads in the action loosening up and getting some unexplained vertical in his long range shooting. He also had trouble with it hanging up on half cock quite often which I suspect was set trigger caused. Could be my own notions and prejudices about what makes accuracy have tainted what I thought I heard. At any rate if accuracy in a CPA begins to go South it would be a good place to start investigation.
I shoot regularly with a good friend that loves his and switches between 38-55 and 22 regularly. His longest shots are to 200 meters though. Another acquaintance had one that he had to send back to the maker several times for repair work , finally sold the gun completely disgusted with it.
I personally think the action a fine and strong falling block but would not have much confidence in using it as a switch barrel. I'd torque a given barrel in well to index and leave it alone.
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