Ordered this on backorder, Caleb assured me the restock would be here and have it by Christmas, we did, great customer service, great customer service team

I finally settled on the CVA Wolf muzzleloader ... did not want to shell out the money for a top-of-the-line muzzleloader, so I had to do my homework to get a balance of price and features. I read a lot of on-line reviews and research, and I think I made a good choice with the CVA Wolf. I went with the complete package with camo stock, scope, and starter kit included.

One disadvantage is that the comb of the Wolf stock was not designed for this higher scope mount. The comb rests a little low on the cheek when using this scope mount. For me, this was a minor inconvenience, and an acceptable trade-off to keep the ability to use the iron sites along with the scope.

Last night I took the time to clean the rifle from shots fired after sighting it in. The break action design makes cleaning relatively easy. I've heard stories about how difficult a muzzleloader is to clean. I did not have that experience. The black powder solution was able to easily clean the barrel after a few patches. The powder I used was advertised as "easy-clean", so perhaps that helped.

The Wolf has all the features of the most expensive muzzleloaders, but at a lower cost.

The hammer is accessible and easy to operate. Additionally, the gun produces good accuracy at 50 and 100 yards.

I hope this gun will provide many, many years of service.

It easy to shoot and maintain. The short barrel and even shorter factory installed sight radius (distance from front to rear sight) make it a little challenging to shoot accurately using the iron sights supplied. It would be nice if the scope mount holes and the iron sight holes tapped in the barrel were the same diameter and thread pattern. Moving the rear sight back to the holes tapped for the scope helps improve the sight radius (and therefore accuracy), but screws that fit the scope holes aren't provided and aren't easily purchased at local hardware stores or even muzzle-loaders.com