my friend has the deer hunter and likes it i guess.....he doesnt know much about flinters and doesnt shot it much except a few times before the season....but i guess it goes boom for him...kinda hard to believe being the flint and frizzen are tiny compared to my tc hawken.....i love my hawken....and know its going boom anytime i want it to....i agree with cayugad...a removable breechplug would be kinda nice....i clean my rifle probably more then is needed....i just cant put it back together thinking there could be powder residue down in the compustion area......but when im done i also know its all out....i just spend alot of time cleaning it and make sure i get down there.....works for me....but a removable breechplug just might make things easier on me......but i love my TC hawken......good luck