Very well made rifle. It have replaced the rail and put on a medium height one piece talley base. It's topped with a 4.5X14X40 1" tube scope and there is plenty of clearance for hammer & barrel.
My only aggravation is the lack of magnum primers & blackhorn 209.

I replaced the sights with Williams globe sights. Added the muzzle break. Shot three bulls eyes 25 yes, 2 at 100yds back in the bag. Better than most my scoped rifles

The design and finish of this rifle is what initially drew my attention. This rifle performs as advertised (Most accurate Muzzleloader or your money back)! It performs very well however, I have achieved true hole in hole shot to shot placement by using Blackhorn 209 and using an aftermarket Breech Plug (Arrowhead Gen2 LRMP CVA Replacement Breech Plug). I’m still waiting for CVA to deliver on its promise of the (Variflame 209 Conversion Breech Plug). In the meantime, I’m extremely pleased I purchased the Arrowhead System. It truly has corrected the problems associated with 209 primers. One more thing if I may, I would recommend NOT using CVA’s breech plug/anti seize grease (It ruined one of my rifles: Failed to prevent blowback resulting in Gas Cutting/damaging the breech of the rifle; CVA acted on their warranty and sent me a new rifle). Since having issues with the CVA anti-seize I’ve used a Thick Silver Anti Seize Compound Calle Permatex Anti-Seize Lubricant. So far this has worked flawlessly.

Hunted this year with a T/C and had so much fun that I thought I’d try the CVA long range. Always good to have a rifle that will accurately shoot a little further. It came right away and is a well made rifle. It shoots great, I’m trying to get hold of the muzzle brake but a great rifle. Look forward to hunting with it next year.

The rifle is just a plain disappointment from an accuracy perspective. Five bullets, two powders (BH209 and 777), two primers (CCI209M and W209), dozens of groups (over 100 shots total) with various charges, and hundreds of dollars in components and NOT A SINGLE GROUP UNDER AN INCH!!! Not one. Plenty of acceptable groups. Mostly 1.8-2.5 inches, which is better than their accuracy guarantee (so I can't send it back), but boy is this gun not even close to the the extra you pay for it over an Optima or Wolf. The 30" barrel gives some nice extra velocity, but you don't get the accuracy you need to take advantage of the extra range, which is kind of the whole point of the rifle!

I will say the finish is nice, the trigger is great, and I like the cheek riser. All of these are things that would be worth paying extra for if the gun actually shot well, but when you fail at step one, you don't get anything above 2 stars.