RE: Traditions Deer Hunter .50 cal thoughts
I have the same exact one in 50-cal. It only had eight shots fired when I purchased it at a garage sale for $45. Owner said he lost two deer due to misfires. All it needed was a new nipple -- the factory nipple had an defective, enlarged flashole.
Mine is not fussy at all. It shoots a variety of 180-300 grain sabots well. 295 Powerbelts are tack-drivers at 100 yards. Same with either the 245 gr Buffalo Ballets or the 240 grain Hornady PA Conicals. None of my powder loads exceed 85 gr. 777. Actually that's a good thing about the mild powder loads because the Deerhunter ML recoils hard with 100 grains.
If you want an inexpensive inline, the CVABuckhorn $109 at Cabelas. Basspro.com has the Traditions Tracker at $99.