i spent the first 6 months of the year deciding on a new ML and while everyone i hunt with said, "buy a Thompson Center" when i handled them i wasn't especially impressed by the feel. the day i purchased my smoke-pole i handled every .50 cal TC made as well as the bone collector editions of each side by side to a CVA optima and still found the break, trigger and swing better on the CVA.
at the range i wasn't disappointed in the least. the thing replicates shots time after time so long as you don't get too lazy with cleaning it up. no regrets whatsoever!