I have a Traditions Buckhunter Pro .50 that I picked up on late season clearance at Walmart for $150. It has the black composite stock and bead-blasted nickle finish and is a very accurate rifle...IF I feed it the bullets it likes. It won't shoot any sabot in any weight I've tried AT ALL (as in, shot holes all over a shipping pallet at 75 yards), and more by sheer luck than anything else I tried Hornady Great Plains 460 grain conicals and they'd shoot 1.5" groups consistantly at 75 yards.

I still have it, but this year I found a great deal on a Knight DISC w/thumbhole stock for $330, and since shooting it I find I have little interest in taking the Traditions out anymore. There is no comparison between the two in quality and workmanship, the Knight beats the Traditions hands down. The machining of the reciever in the Traditions is pretty rough on the inside, but I would expect no less from a $150 rifle. But it does shoot straight, and that's what really counts.

What I'd tell you is that if you want a great shooting rifle that looks and feels really nice, and you want a quality gun that you'll really enjoy, I'd save and spend your money on a Knight DISC or a Thompson/Center Omega or Encore. If you just want something that'll kill a deer once a year (which I'm sure you already have), and/or you're on a budget, the Traditions is a good buy.

I like my Knight so much that when I go to the range it is always the first gun in the truck while the Traditions stays home.

Mike


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