i shot my aluminumramrod out of the x-150 and it didnt do anything to my stock or barrel. just hurt like a SOB and gave me a horrible headache. The bullet i had in the rifle when this happened was a 385 grain great plains bullet. But all this BPI barrel exploding is just a scare that randy wakeman is trying to throw out at you. theres a lawyer that takes cases against "cva" and... this is how stupid he is or i should say, how smart he is. He takes all the suits against cva " or used to" and trys telling the court how cva is Sheet and putting them down on other forums and guess what? HE OWNS AND SHOOTS CVA'S!.. Hmmm a smart lawyer shooting something that hes trying to make look bad? Did i miss something?? Its just a scare trying to turn people away and to send them to HIS PAYERS.
CVA/BPI Is the #1 selling brand muzzleloader and i believe it always will be.
But the worse i can see happening to any of these guns is a bulged barrel on 1 or maybe on them all. I think the omega would be the first to break down with its known weak barrel lug area. As for the encore or knigh, im not sure which would break first.