Traditions Vortek pistol questions

[wildeboer]

I was visiting the Cabelas website last night and I saw the Vortek .50cal pistol, really nice looking pistol. Does anyone have firsthand experience handling it and any impressions??
I must order it online from a local shop but I cant find any info/reviews locally or overseas

[arcticap]

There's one post about it's performance on this forum:

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...ek-pistol.html

Here's one youtube video showing it being fired:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLCRi8DpyMY

The Sportsman's Guide sells it and some buyers have posted comments about it:

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/c....aspx?a=687028

I posted some photos of it and when I saw it, I thought that it looked beautiful and had great fit and finish.
I didn't handle it much. But after reading a comment that the trigger felt "cheap", I figure that's due to the new improved type of trigger that the Vortek rifles also have that are different than many other Ardesa made inlines like the Pursuit. It's a light trigger with a very fast rebounding hammer that seems to strike the firing pin lightly. So lightly that a person might think that the firing pin wasn't being stuck at all but indeed it is being struck. It's just that it's so fast & light that it's hard to tell. So I think that it has a good high performance trigger system that people just need to get used to.

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...rtek-last.html

[wildeboer]

Thanks Arcticap,
I saw a few videoclips today and I'm not curious or impressed anymore. It looks like a rifle with the butt and barrel cut off. I think I'll rather stay with my Ardesa Kentucky.