Hey no offense taken, but i am man enough to admit that if i made a mistake then I would admit it. I posted this up so all was aware of what happened, not to bash me for a mistake I did not make. I dont give a rats ass what the cabelas salesman says or the winchester rep says. I did not mis load the fricken gun! I am far from a preofesional but love to muzzleload and I shoot it till I find a load that works and then I am done, I stick with it and dont mess with anything else. I just want a fricken gun manufactured right and stop cutting corners with this cheap ****. Make a damn gun with real materials and put your nuts on the line if anything happens to it. We are paying for there guns and putting our lives on the line by shooting it. The best they could od is use top notch materieals. I made a comment about getting rid of all my Winchesters and i regret saying that because Winchester has been around for years and has made great products. I just cant believe they are putting there name on a gun with a ****ty barrel. For the guy who asked the gun split like a banna from the muzzle to the stock. Three different petal just layed out. If it were something in the barrel the barrel would have more then likely blown up and not split. I dont know what the hell happened but it happened and scared the piss out of me and i took it upon myself to post it up and let all know what has happened. It should explain its self that the rep hauled ass after he got the gun and would not stick around till I got there. Nuff said.

Good luck this fall you all and please be safe. Muzz30