CVA SCOUT PISTOL IN .44

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I saw one recently at Midway or Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore. I can't remember which. It was a stainless one. The bad news it was the same price as a rifle.
Ummmm, why would it not be?
Couple of inches of barrel steel and some plastic for the buttstock?
Other than that, same gun.
 

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Don't know, don't care. It came to my attention because the pistols were less costly than the rifles when I first began shopping for CVA rifles before COVID.
 

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I already have two Rugers in .44 magnum.
I'm very happy with them.
But the single shot idea, both in concept and practice, appeals to my fondness of simplicity. Call it a philosophical stance.
 

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I had one in .243 . It shot great . I regretfully sold it to buy an Encore so I could swap barrels. I wish I would have just bought a CVA in .44 Mag.
 
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I have been looking at the CVA rifles in 44 mag at $328 locally. I like the price and the fact that I won't be shooting a box of ammo in a few minutes.

So far the pistols have been elusive. Would like one each in .357 & .44 mag. Again price plus coolness factors. Since I already have several 38/357/44 pistols the rifle remains at the top of my list for now.
 

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If you're looking for a .44 mag handgun, why wouldn't you just buy one of the many revolvers made in that chambering? Just curious.
Not the OP.

I once had an Encore in 44. At the time, the reasons I sought one out and bought it, as opposed to another revolver, were:

1. Simplicity of a single shot. Break open, fewer parts, easier cleaning. Quicker, easier load/unload process.

2. 10" Encore is about the same overall length as a 7.5" SBH. Longer barrel, higher velocity.

3. No b/c gap. Theoretically higher velocities, also eliminates chamber misalignment possible with revolvers.

4. Easier to mount an optic.

Downside and the reason I sold it? Way too big and heavy for a 44.

All the qualities it possessed were real, but for me the size/weight of the gun outweighed those positives.
 

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I shoot these two pop guns off of a rest.
I assume that those long barrels are why I got tired at about the 40th round.
I'd do the same with a single.
I'm pretty strong still at 70 years old, but I'm not opposed to a little help with something heavy.
In any event, weight would not be a factor, as JD would say; simple man, simple dream.
 

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I have been looking at the CVA rifles in 44 mag at $328 locally. I like the price and the fact that I won't be shooting a box of ammo in a few minutes.

So far the pistols have been elusive. Would like one each in .357 & .44 mag. Again price plus coolness factors. Since I already have several 38/357/44 pistols the rifle remains at the top of my list for now.
along those lines, I wonder how difficult/legal/possible it would be to purchase a single shot rifle in .44 and have it cut down?
Could be a cottage industry business opportunity?

and I quote:

A conscientious method actor, McQueen took one of the sawed-off guns to the range to experience what it was like to actually fire it with live ammo. With the muzzle blast from its stubby barrel and basically no stock to anchor it, he famously declared the gun kicked like a mare's leg. And because Robinson's original script referred to McQueen's gun as a Winchester Model 92 rifle, the property master initially requested full house 5-in-1 blanks to be used during filming. However, even with blanks, the muzzle blast was so excessive from the shortened 9" barrel that only quarter-load blanks were used thereafter (the gunshots were always dubbed in afterwards).

 

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Long a fan of H&R Handi rifles in pistol calibers I keep hoping CVA will make the rifle in 357 ,,,,,,,, or better yet .357MAX.
Of course a 327 would make my heart soar like an eagle.
 

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