Well shes shooting beautiful!!

Bad news, take a look at this picture just below the frame where it meets up to the stock. See that seam that looks like a thin line of camo? Keep in mind this picture was when i got it out of the box when it arrived.


Shooting today, I took one shot and reloaded, got set up for #2 and just had a hell of a time keeping the rifle steady on the lead sled. I didn't know what the heck was going on and was thinking my rest was loose or something. I checked over the gun and the stock wiggled around. The bolt that holds the stock on is under the recoil pad and you need a good long extension to get it out or tighten it. I tightened it snug and looked at the gun again and just wanted to throw up.

That "camo seam" was actually this once i snugged that stock bolt up. I think someone cracked it by over tightening it and then just backed it off looser so it would hide the obvious crack. Who knows for sure, I will call Traditions on Tuesday or so and get a new stock for it.






Double safety.



After I tightened the stock down I decided it was still fine to shoot and so i took 6 shots that all hit in a 1 1/2" group to the low right. Adjusted to clicks to the left, 2 more shots to make sure, and then 8 clicks up and a single shot. Probably will bring it down a few clicks though so its dead center.


A bit bummed on the stock but at least I know it will get replaced. Luckily I caught that first picture when I got it so we all know it was there before I started shooting it. Oh well! No reason to fuss over it, get it taken care of and back in action.

MD you get what you pay for. A nice walnut stock would look great on that gun. I remember people(maybe you) talking about T/C cheap stocks on a few of their guns but never heard of one cracking that easy.

That's a bummer Devil, but no big deal so long as they replace the stock. Looks like that gun is a good shooter. Is that group at 100 yards?

yeah those are from 100 yards.

Not sure what cracked the stock but it came in that way, it was just left loose. We'll get it taken care of though.

Get what you pay for isn't cheap for this gun, try $680 with the full set up.

WOW that much. Whats you first thoughts as compared to all the CVA's you have owned?

Traditions, the only line of inline muzzleloaders that I know of that have a cross block safety. I'm sorry to hear about the crack but I'm happy to hear that Traditions finally put a good trigger on an inline. The one on my Pursuit needs some work but you can shoot good with it once you get used to it. As far as their sidelocks go I, think they have the best single triggers. They are completely adjustable.

There are a few things i'd like to see addressed on the design but other than that, its a great gun so far. One minor set back but i doubt i will have any trouble getting it taken care of.

I'll take some pictures and show the areas of the gun that could use improving once i get some more time.

Traditions is sending a new stock out right away. They never had a stock do this before so they asked me to send it back to them so they can try to figure out what happened with it.