RE: New to Muzzle loading
bowtechpatriot1.. also realize that the CVAs that you are looking at do not have stainless steel barrels.. but instead are nickel coated steel.. made to look like stainless. If the barrel looks yellowish at all... then it's nickel coated.. if it looks grey.. then it's prolly stainless. The Omega would also be my choice of gun... and the synthetic stainless model runs about $370 if I remember right. I also know that Dicks has the camo thumbhole model w/ the stainless barrel on sale for $400... it's a "Dick's Exclusive"... which is made just for them. It does not have the fluted barrel that all other thumbhole guns have.. but I don't know if the flutes are actually worth anything on a ML... other than for looks.