I'm looking to get a muzzleloader for next season (2020), because I'll finally be where it's convenient to hunt during ML season (no more big city for me).

A store has several Traditions Vortek Strikerfire rifles (28" Cerakote, black stock) on clearance for $249 apiece, and I'm not sure if I'm likely to find a better deal between now and next year. I figure at that price, I can outfit that rifle with a scope + mounts + rings, a sling, cleaning supplies, and powder + bullets + primers for less than $475 (okay, maybe I didn't factor the cost of a range rod and jag).
My only qualm about the Traditions Vortek is that nobody seems to know what scope mount base and corresponding size screws actually work in that particular model (including Traditions, somehow). I don't want to suffer for a factory's .003" mass error in drilling holes. Perhaps someone who shoots one of these rifles can weigh in on this.

Can I afford to I wait until January post-season clearance for something else to come up? I know CVA Wolf combos exist for less than the rifle alone in this case, but I'm annoyed by how short the rifles are on the Wolf (usually 24"; I really would like no less than 28" on a factory cut barrel that's not re-machined like the CVA Accura), and I would rather put a Bushnell Banner on a rifle than go with whatever comes with that rifle.