Took the Traditions Pursuit to the range again today to see if it had a bullet weight preference.
Set up three targets at 50 yards and settled down at the bench. First shot was at an old target (no pic) and was with a 240 gr XTP just to see where a shot from a dry clean barrel would go. About 4" high - dead center.
Next came a 3 shot group using the 240 gr XTPs. All shooting was done with the same powder charge (80 grains ffg T-7 and the same wet/dry patch swabbing between shots.
The targets I was using are printed on my printer and the lines (circles) are 9/16" wide. Close enough I call them 1/2".
First group:
(Close to 2")



Next group was with 300 gr XTPs and was close to a 1" group:


Next I tried the .457 cast bullets in an orange sabot:


Not so good, but with my eyes and the cheap fiber optic sights any one of them would be good for deer at close range. I have a base & rings on order and will scope it to see what kind of accuracy it will really give when I get them.
Again had trouble with the breech plug being tight. Breaks loose easily and then gets tight as I try to back it out. Came home and took the impact wrench to it again. The front 5 or 6 threads on the plug were very dirty, and it looks like there is some blowback past the threads. Almost no blowback through the flash hole and primer area. Actually very little total blowback compared to many inlines I've shot, but the breech plug tightness has me concerned. I may try a different breech plug in it and see if there is any improvement.
Also not much of a crud ring with this barrel. A little extra dirt at the powder/bullet line, but nothing to bee too concerned about. If I just ram the wet patch through it instead of "pumping" it through as usual it still come right back out with no problems.
BTW - I haven't worried about fine tuning the sights yet, still waiting until I decide on a hunting load.