Hoosker, short story is I sold it...in shame.
Longer story is that I bought it, per my message, to carry along bird hunting and hoped to use it for coyotes, antelope, deer, etc.. These shots can be close or 200/300 yards. I had never shot 'long range' single shot pistols before. I took it out and was shocked at how hard it was for me to hold steady at range. If I was prone, pistol steady on my pack, it was crazy accurate. Just took a lot more work than a regular rifle to hold on target. Chalk that up to being a noob with this type of pistol. Also, I rarely get the chance to be prone when hunting. It does happen, but there's grass, rocks, knolls, etc,, and I like to be able to shoot sitting vs. have to go prone.
Other issue for me was that it's very heavy for a pistol. It felt heavier than my 6.5 Grendel AR with a Law folder. I can strap my folded AR on the side of my pack, take it off and shoot accurately quicker than with the CVA, with follow up for misses (I mean, not that I ever miss....yeah...right!).
So, weight, lack of experience, time to get 'on target' vs. experience, familiarity and confidence with accuracy and I knew I wouldn't be carrying it for the intended purpose. When I'm out bird hunting and deer/coyotes/antelope might be on the menu I strap the AR to my pack and feel much better about it, even with the tradeoff from 6.5 CM to 6.5 Grendel.
The CVA is an awesome pistol, was crazy accurate, and somewhat compact. Just not the right solution for me.
In my perfect world, I would have a crazy light weight single shot rifle in 6.5 Grendel, 16" barreled with a folding stock.
