Traditions Evolution?

[MountainDevil54]

Anyone own or have owned the Evolution?

I traded off one of my flintlocks for one as i needed a rifle with a bigger diameter bore than what my flinter has.

Its bolt action and i had been wanting to get another bolt'er so i went with this trade. Hopefully it will shoot halfway decent.

[Grouse45]

You have a picture?

[spaniel]

I've owned 2 Traditions.

Both were accurate.

Both were poor quality otherwise.

Both had extremely heavy triggers; the sidelock was fixed with a trip to the gunsmith. The bolt action (a Lightning) was adjustable, but became unreliable and DANGEROUS under 6lbs pull.

Perhaps if you get a good deal in a trade, it's worth it. Overall, among the "popular" brands, I put Traditions on the bottom.

[heinz57]

i also had 2 and got rid of both of them ..

http://www.chuckhawks.com/traditions_evolution.htm

[MountainDevil54]

well i'll give this one a try and see what can be done. I dont mind the blowback and mess, im just needing it to shoot the Thors in. I can probably do a trigger adjustment myself if it needs one.

[spaniel]

Just recognize that I wasn't just saying the trigger was heavy -- THE DESIGN WAS DANGEROUS!!! The first one I had worked on by a gunsmith was a simple trigger/hammer sidelock design, he just filed the engagement notch.

The Lighting, a more complicated trigger mechanism similar to most other inlines, had an adjustment screw but when you adjusted it down to a reasonable weight it would fire unpredictably!!! I learned this the hard way when I once disengaged the safety, and the gun fired instantly! Fortunately it was pointed in a safe direction when this happened.

After that incident, you can see why I no longer trust their trigger designs.

[MountainDevil54]

i thought i heard a story like that about the evolution. I'll be sure to smack it around and test things out before i load it up. Thanks for the info!

How accurate were they when they shot safely?

[heinz57]

very accurate ..the 250 gr HORNADY SST was my favorite bullet shooting into paper at 100yards ..both the PRO and the PURSUIT were accurate. ..

[UtahRob]

I had a traditions Pursuit pro and i was very well made and a nail driver right out of the box . It had a steel receiver and was over 8# For some reason i thought i needed a encore so i sold it to a friend .