Connecticut Valley Arms, better known as CVA, continues to build its reputation for affordable quality and accuracy in the centerfire market, branching out from its longstanding heart in the muzzleloading game.
While the company’s black powder advancements keep pace, CVA has more good news for not only centerfire single-shot fans, but a snappy little shotgun introduction as well. Here's what CVA rep Tim Andrus, of Rush Outdoors fame, showed off at the company’s SHOT Show 2025 booth.
CVA Scout Spur
Even little guns make big news at SHOT, especially when it’s a baby bore. The new CVA Scout Spur is a .410-bore turkey hunting darling coming to market amid many other .410 gobbler guns. The single-shot Spur uses a 20-inch smoothbore barrel fitted with an XX-Full Browning Invector-style extended choke tube. Blued metalwork pairs with an OD green synthetic stock, basic yet adorned with both sling studs and molded grip panels.
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A Picatinny rail makes adding optics a snap, as more gobbler hunters opt for red dots or scopes. There’s a 1-inch removable LOP spacer and black comb risers for customizing cheek weld – the same design seen on the new Scout rifles. An ambidextrous hammer extension makes the platform even more lefty friendly. The break-action Spur, which joins an expansive Scout series of single-shot rifles, weighs 6.7 pounds and targets a budget-conscious market with an MSRP set at $465.
CVA Scout & Scout Takedown (TD)
We’ve extensively fired CVA’s family of single-shot break-action centerfire rifles and handguns, but the company has seriously overhauled and upgraded the lineup with new looks and fresh features for 2025. Going forward, all Takedowns will have fluted stainless barrels with radial muzzle brakes, and the stock design marks a major difference.
First, there’s a 1-inch removable LOP spacer. Next is the interchangeable comb riser system, and to that end, CVA ships both a .25- and a .5-inch riser with each rifle. They can be swapped quickly with two inset screws at the top. An ambidextrous palm swell and hammer spur keep the gun southpaw friendly. The included Picatinny rail has also been upgraded, as well as the swivel studs improving from polymer to metal. Scout Takedowns start at just under $500.
The base model Scout does not have the takedown lever for quick disassembly but is otherwise a similar rifle. The new Scout is blued with a gray polymer stock. The same LOP and comb system remains. Barrels will all be threaded, but sans the muzzle brake included with the TD. MSRP starts at $425.
New chamberings will be added to the Scout series as well, with newbies like .400 Legend, 360 Buckhammer, and even .35 Whelen finding a home on the latest generation of Scouts.
New Colors
The new year brings additional color palettes for several of CVA’s existing rifles, including the option of OD Green for the Cascade SR, or suppressor-ready bolt action. In addition, the Wolf V2 muzzleloaders in .50 caliber can now be had in Stealth Gray. Existing options (Stainless/Black and Stainless/Camo) will remain, but now the Gray partnered with blued steel will become the line’s most affordable selection.
There will even be a Wolf V2 in Blued/Stealth Gray as a hunt-ready rig topped with a KonusShot 3-9x32 optic. MSRP starts at $270.
Left-Hand Delight
Southpaws will be pleased to hear that CVA is expanding its existing lineups to specific left-handed models for 2025. Of course, the single-shot break actions above are always lefty-friendly, but now the Cascade XT can be had in reverse.
The Cascade XT, or X-Treme, is the company’s precision type of hunting rifle. There’s a heavier fluted barrel, radial muzzle brake, tactical-style bolt knob, Picatinny rail, and MOA accuracy guarantee. Cerakote Graphite Black metalwork mates to an OD Green stock with black web detail. At the time of this writing, it looks like the LH models will be available in .308 Win, 6.5 PRC, .350 Legend, 7mm PRC, and .300 Win Mag, with MSRP set at $825.
Final Thoughts
Though these aren’t earth-shattering or groundbreaking releases, those terms are heavily overused. What CVA offers for 2025 are practical, affordable, accessible options for hunters. We’ve appreciated Scout platforms in the past and look forward to test-driving the newbies in coming months with high optimism, especially given the brand’s lineage with dynamo Bergara barrels. CVA rifles are designed and assembled in Bergara, Spain, in line with parent company BPI Outdoors.
