Originally Posted by
bronko22000
Nice looking rifles and the caplock looks like a shooter. I hope they work out for you. Not bashing Traditions but I had a really bad experience with one a few years back and I am a little "gun shy" about buying another. Besides I have an entire will full of sidelocks and don't shoot them near enough. My .58 has been getting all my attention lately. I'm still waiting on the smith to blue my new .54 custom flintlock barrel.
I stopped by today and he plans on bluing this weekend. I almost walked out of the shop with a .58 Big Bore Renegade on the used rack. But at $275 I passed on it.
I'm kinda on the same page with you Bud... I had a Traditions Ebolt 209 inline years ago that was a good shooter. The Mrs. bought me one of their .50 cal. flint Mountain pistols a few years back and it was junk right out of the box IMO so I sold it. I know folks who have some of their flint rifles and they're happy with them but I've never been impressed with any of their sidelocks.
BPS