In 1995 and 1996 CVA had a recall on their rifles for blowing breech plugs out. They've recollected 96-98% of them now. CVA's today are just as safe as any other rifle out there. The guy who writes those articles is a bafoon who is in the pockets of savage, he even sells savages on his website. He's even shot and reviewed CVA's so its pretty obvious to me that his scare tactics are just that, Take away a new shooter from CVA and send it to savage and collect $$ from the sale.
This is the guy who writes those dangerous muzzleloader articles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0vB8NipmFo