The same black nitride process is used by several automobile manufacturers to harden the moving parts in their engines, rings, pistons, etc. In fact, when used for rifle barrels, it is more corrosion resistant than chrome lining. It finally arrived in March and it was just as nice a rifle as we remembered.įor those not familiar with black nitride treatments (the technical description of the process is salt bath ferriticnitrocarburizing), they are used in many industries to significantly hardens the outer layers of steel parts to make them more durable and more corrosion resistant. We asked Dudley McGarity, CEO of BPI Outdoors, the company that owns the CVA brand, if we could test that new gun. Both of us looked at the gun and imagined what it would be like to shoot. At least that was the case until we laid eyes on the CVA Accura MR black nitride rifle at the 2014 SHOT Show in January. ![]() That being said, the new model guns that come out every year don't get us excited. Include the modern inline muzzleloaders and we have burned up a fair amount of powder. ![]() We have shot a lot of different muzzleloaders over the past fifty years, from the. Jim and Mary Clary Illustration courtesy of BPI, Inc.
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