[gmann1956]

Cva Express was the only side by side rifle 50 cal. that Cva made stamped (express 50 cal. between the barrels and the shotgun 12 gauge put out same year is stamped shotgun between the barrels-12 gauge ). The Express and bears on it and the 12 gauge has ducks)..Sweet pair of guns...Some of the are junk butt then thier was a better grade and they are really nice wood too metal fit is very nice almost like they had (diff person working on the one batch)...
rate of twist as far as i can tell on the cva express is like 1:32 really heavy grooves for shooting sabots....then i happen too see another one with shallow grooves have no idea what the twist was on it.. I shoot 150 grains and 220 sabot.. seems too merge about 90 yards point of in pact at 100 both same whole considering pulling both triggers at the same time.( and u best dam well hold on lol..kicks worse than my 75cal with 210 grains and 10 shots of it will black and blue u...LOL and im a large man...) just seen one of these sell on acution in rough shape for $900.00 blew me away they origanly sold little over $300.00

Now the Kodiak came in many cal.. 50,52,54,58,62,72and 75 but that's all
Ive seen. and their is diff grades of them they made the plain Jane with not much in graving and then they made certain ones that are really beautiful works of art..some are stamped between the barrels (Kodiak) and others are not...They where made by David pettersal ..some came cased and others did not..(cased ones had all accessory's).. and where released about the same time when he put on the hex(rifling's) barrel sniper rifle. which came as a cased set one very accurate rifle and the workman's ship lovley...lots of different twists.. just seen a doulbe fifty little rusty and and pitted sell for 450.00