RE: traditions
I have a Traditions Woodsman, which is a Hawkins with a 1-66 twist barrel in .50 caliber. This is an excellent shooting rifle. I had a little trouble with it when I first bought it, but I contacted Traditions, and they fixed it right now. Since then, this has been one great rifle to own and shoot. Personally, I like a sidelock, although I have shot the in-lines only a few times. For whitetail deer where I live, a .50 caliber, shooting round ball is all I have needed to take a deer. Of course our shots are never over 100 yards and are usually under 60 yards.
Years back I did buy a Traditon' s in-line in a .54 caliber, but after I inspected it, I sent it back. I did not like the barrel twist rate, but other then that it looked fine to me. I had bought it from Cabales and they advertised a different twist rate. When it came, it was not what I wanted, so I returned the rifle and never shot it.