ever take a took at a winchester muzzleloader and compair it to a cva? The quality is deff. a lot better. I know this because i actually own a winchester. This is actually amusing about the spanish barrels. I dont see anyone complaining about the spanish barrels on the traditions and never see any complaints about them going off. You brought up the subject of cva having bad barrels, which actually is incorrect, so....
Cant call'em bad when they are the #1 selling brand muzzleloader.

On another forum, a guys brand new traditions flintlock wouldnt spark, everyone talked down on this lock, cheaply made, poor customer service blah blah blah. I related my experience that i got from traditions, he took the rifle back to the store he bought it, They called traditions and guess what? He got the service i did, but better. The store replaced the frizzen right then and there free of charge. Off topic but hey, you're the one that took a left turn and got it started that way