Other than shooting my brother-in-law's Knight MK-85, I've played around with only one other bolt action muzzle loader - the Rescued Remington. It was a nice gun, but I just couldn't take a liking to it. That MK-85 shoots great but it's not for me.

I have the break open Lyman Mustang that has a sliding tang safety and no exposed hammer - a very user friendly system like the old top lever single shot shotguns. But I could never get anything more than decent hunting accuracy from it. It's a keeper, but no target rifle.

I also have the Omega X7 which in my view is the perfect in-line - very short action, one piece stock, simple action, very easy cleaning. I have no problem with the exposed hammer. I kind of like hammer guns. My two main cartridge guns are Browning single shots with falling block actions and exposed hammers that need to be c0cked to shoot.