Welcome. cvaguncases.com currently contains information on approximately 60 documented products liability / personal injury claims that allege defects in Dikar manufactured products. Dikar is the Spanish owner and manufacturer of Blackpowder Products, Inc. (BPI) product lines Connecticut Valley Arms (CVA), New Frontier, and Winchester Muzzleloaders. There are currently several cases pending in state or federal courts that involve the alleged explosive failures of  Dikar / BPI muzzleloaders and there are several cases that have not yet been filed.

Contrary to what BPI CEO Dudley McGarity has posted on his CVA blog in his article "The Truth About CVA Muzzleloaders" many of the cases posted on cvaguncases.com are NOT related to accidents that have occurred during the use of recalled 1995 or 1996 CVA muzzleloaders. The real "truth" is that many of the cases found on this web site DO involve newer CVA muzzleloaders including 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2008 model CVA in-line or side lock muzzleloaders. Mr. McGarity attempts to muddy the waters and distract consumers about the injuries caused by the failures of his company's products by continualy falling back on the "recalled" CVA muzzleloader issue. Many of the cases on this website involve claims that have nothing to do with 1995 or 1996 "voluntary recalled" CVA's.

In all but two of the claims that have been found to date the parties chose to settle the cases before allowing the evidence to be presented at trial to a jury, therefore, there is little or no documentation, other than the information found on cvaguncases.com, that is available to prove, or disprove, the allegations made in the Complaints or the Answers to the Complaints. Visitors to this web site must draw their own conclusion as to why they believe that the parties chose to settle a particular case instead of presenting it to a jury. None of the parties to a lawsuit can be forced to settle the lawsuit and every party to a lawsuit always has the right to have their day in court. Settlements must be agreed to by the parties or they do not happen. Settlement amounts will not be posted on this web site because in some instances the settlement language prohibits disclosing this information and in several instances the victims have asked that this information not be made public.

cvaguncases.com continues to receive inquiries and emails from owners of CVA and New Frontier muzzleloaders requesting advice as to what to do with their Dikar manufactured muzzleloaders that they are now afraid to shoot after having reviewed the information available here. The best answer that can be offered here is to contact Dudley McGarity at BPI and request a full refund of the purchase price. Otherwise, if you own a muzzleloader that you are afraid to shoot you may want to render it inoperable and hang it on the wall as a decoration. In your inquiry to Mr. McGarity you may also want to include a question about the House of Eibar proof mark (knights head over a shield) on your Dikar manufactured muzzleloader, such as, "What does the proof mark stamped on the barrel of my muzzleloader symbolize?" or, "Why is there a proof mark stamped on the barrel of my CVA or New Frontier muzzleloader if it was never proof fired?". If you receive a response to your inquiry you should save a printed copy for your files.

All of the documents found on this web site are in pdf or Word document format and the photographs are in jpeg format. Please feel free to open and download any file found on cvaguncases.com. All files and images have been scanned for viruses before being uploaded for posting but, if in doubt, you should scan for viruses after downloading and before opening a file.

The research for additional information about Dikar / BPI accessory and muzzleloader failures is ongoing and the content of this web site continues to be updated as new information is received.

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