I have a problem with bolt style ML systems SS. I just can't get my fat ass fingers to get in there to load the damn things. I just don't like them. Not to mention my PH system fits me like a glove. Out of the MANY rifles I own, that system fits me the absolute best. I can shoot it right or left handed (right a little better but not by much) but it just comes to shoulder amazingly well for me. Plus I can load the damn thing without a freaking tool! (For any readers not familiar with muzzleloaders, by loading I mean putting the cap in)

But all in all, I really have wanted a .45 barrel for a bit now but from what I have seen on several ML boards here lately I really don't want to go with a TC made barrel that I will have to hand lap or JB to death before I could even dream about ranging it well. Like I've said before, I think I got really lucky with all 7 of the barrels I got with this PH platform. They all shoot incredibly well but from what I have heard, since S&W took the company over, quality has went to hell. I got this system about 8 months after it came out.