Dan Mortensen Hunts with His New CVA Optima Part 2 of 4
Day 2
Flash forward 24 hours. I anxiously tear open the package like I was a 3 yr old at Christmas. The gun seemed to mount well to the cheek, and balanced well. I took it all apart to give it a thorough inspection (which strangely enough I have been doing with all my toys since the age of 3) and gave it a good cleaning. Although the black synthetic stock was flawless in appearance, I decided to give it my own personal mark, and with the airbrush I applied a Grey-green coat of Duracoat Firearms finish, as well as some black and silver webbing, to the stock, mounts, and scope.
Perfection!
The integral mounts are sturdy and foolproof, probably the easiest set of mounts I have ever worked with. Once the scope was on the gun, I could really see how well the gun balanced, especially when brought to the shoulder. The first thing in the crosshairs was an old picture of Marilyn Monroe, pasted on my garage wall. Even when faced with such an exciting image at 7x, the old crosshairs seemed to settle nicely on whatever my eye seemed to fancy most.
“This thing is a real shooter,” I thought, referring to the gun. Since it was dark, the firing test would have to come tomorrow, but in the meantime, I got out my old trusty bottle of Hodgdon 777, primers, and the 2 new packs of 270 gr Powerbelt Platinums, and prepared my target.