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Red Arrow:
I bought a CVA Plainsman 50 cal with an octagon barrel a couple years ago but have not been able to shoot it yet. So far I have pulled 2 bullets out of the barrel but the rod still stops about where the rear site is located on the barrel. I have already broke 1 brass bullet puller getting those 2 bullets out. Now I'm wondering if the barrel is plugged as a display piece only. Any advice would be appreciated.

Stoker:
You might have to get a smith to look at it.. Might have to pull the breach plug.. Do you have access to a inspection camera.. the kind Lowes sells for about $100.00 to see down the bore if there are more balls down there..
Thanks Leroy

Red Arrow:
No, I don't have access to an inspection camera. As for pulling the breach plug, I thought about that but everything I could find online about the rifle said to NEVER pull the breach plug.

JW_Halverson:
If I am not mistaken, the CVA caplock barrels have a "press fit" breech that is locked into place by the drum being jammed into the barrel with a high pressure press.  I had to rebreech a CVA after sawing off the old breech when it could not be turned out. 

If you got two balls out and there is still something stuck in there, chances are that was a gun that was owned and operated by someone for whom safety was a foreign thing.  Their lack of understanding of safety is often coupled with a utter disregard for proper after-care when they come home from shooting.  You might wanna relegate it to wall hanger before it has a chance to kill ya.

Red Arrow:
Everything else on the gun looks great other than needing the barrel reblued. I'm any event, I want to get it shootable before just dismissing it as a decoration.

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