hometheaterman

The only thing I've had close to a Traditions is a Remington Genesis that's supposedly made by Traditions. I was less than impressed by the quality of it. It shot very well and that's about the only thing it really had going for it. The finish was horrible on it and the barrel seemed to be pretty soft steel. It wasn't long before it had several scratches or should I say gouges on the inside of the barrel from the Ram rod. Now, it still shot great, but this did annoy me as I'm particular about my guns. The finish on the outside was horrible. The camo chipped of slightly in small spots on the stock, but it wasn't too bad. The blueing was horrible though. It scratched and wore off very easily and even though I kept it well oiled, just wiping it off before taking it hunting, if I went in rough weather at all, it would come back with rust forming on it.

The next issue I had with it is I loaded it in the morning and shot it 3 times around 9:00. I was using Pyrodex pellets. Then I loaded it again and took it hunting that afternoon. I shot it once and killed a deer with it. I then went back to skin the deer and take care of that. It ended up being 9:00 or 10:00 that night before I got back to clean it. I took it apart to clean it, and rust was already forming the barrel. I some of it out, but I don't think it ever came out fully as no matter how much I scrubbed it seemed like there would always be a very very light hint of brown on cleaning patches instead of them coming out perfectly clean. I couldn't see any rust when looking down the barrel though so it did look good. I almost wonder if it didn't rust some from the water instantly when cleaning it and that's why it seemed to come out on patches, but I'm not sure. I do know rust had started in it that day, but most of it came out.

I also didn't like the Ram rod you had to unscrew to load the gun, but I realize several guns use these now so it wasn't really Traditions fault.

Overall, the finish just seemed to wear off, it seemed to rust super quickly, and the barrel seemed to get gouges if that's what you call them on the inside of it easily from the ram rod. It really turned me off from Traditions and I highly doubt I will buy another one.

I never had any issues with the frame, but I never looked for them either. What exactly went wrong with these frames? If the rest of this gun was any indication of Traditions quality, frame issues wouldn't surprise me.
It did shoot amazingly well even after the barrel has scratches in it, and that was pretty much the only good thing I can say about it. That and it had a decent set of open sights.

I will also say for the $100 it cost on clearance I thought it was an awesome deal and I should have gotten 2 or 3. However, for $200 or more that they normally sell for, I'd not even consider buying one.