The name should tell you something... as in the TRADITION of building smokepoles. There is NOTHING "traditional" about building modern inline muzzleloaders, ESPECIALLY ones shooting over 100grains of blackpowder substitute. Go back too the first page of this post and you will see the CORRECT description of the proof testing of POS smokepoles that are built in Europe too standards that are nearly 2 centuries old. The fact that they are even allowed into this country and then marketed as being equal too or capable of firing large charges of blackpowder subsititutes is mind boggling if you ask me.
They simply are DANGEROUS and it's not a matter of if but WHEN are you going to have problems and a potentially dangerous situation? I had a customer come in lastyear with a POS old Traditions inline that he had been shooting for a couple of years. The tube of his Nikon scope was nearly collapsed between the objective lens and the crosshair turrets. The frontmost screw of his scope base was blown into the scope and who knows where it went from there! [
]He is only lucky it didnt go through some part of his body. We never sold such aPOC tobegin with and he learned his lesson about cheap smokepoles but we sent it back for him and sold him a new Nikon for our help.
In looking over the design I noticed the rearmost of the barrel, along the breech end wasn't even beefed up and barely thicker than the rest of the barrel. Corrosion, rust, weak steel and a charge MUCH larger than the gun was designed for, contributed to making a projectile of the mount screw. I pulled the base off andchecked thewall thickness between the bore and the bottom of thescope mount holes, WOW they weremuch to thin to begin with!!! They replaced his barrel no questions asked and probably we're more fearful of a lawsuit than anything else. I thought, "They know damn well that gun isn't designed for magnum loads yet they continue to advertise them as safe for modern muzzleloading!"
STAY AWAY FROM THEM! Do yourself a favor and stick with a Knight,TC or Savage smokeless! They will last you a lifetime+ and you don't have to worry about possibly orphaning your children and widowing your wife...
RA