Look into the Tradition line of muzzleloaders. I have a traditions EvelutionEbolt 209 50 caliber its ease of cleaning is just outstanding. Let me also recomend tripple 7 pellets. They contain no sulfer so theres very little residue left in the barrel, also making the powder almost non corrosive and cutting the cleaning down to 2-4 times.Being that there is very little residue it allows you to reload without having to reswipe the barell before loading. If you got this months Deer & Deer hunting magazine, theres an excellent articles called Burning Powder. It goes into great review of Pyrodex, Tripple 7 and other powders, Tripple 7 has the best review of all others. But yes Traditions makes some very fine ML's and I recomend them to anyone on tight budget.