Fellas one of these followed me home yesterday. It is a 58 cal. and I think it will be fun. I'd like to gain some advice and info from others that have worked with this rifle.

Many Thanks

HBH

When I had mine they were being imported by Trail Guns Armory in Texas. You're going to hate me for what I am about to say, and I hope things have changed dramatically since then. Mine was nothing but junk. Things got off to a rocky start as the whole reason for buying a double was a fast follow up shot. The directions that came with the rifle said NEVER to do that. After shooting one barrel you should ALWAYS make sure the bullet in the other barrel had not come unseated, and for me, that kind of defeated the whole purpose of the double. Things went down hill from there. First, the checkering had to be re-cut to be of any use at all. The factory checkering was barely scratches in the wood finish. The triggers were terrible and had to be reworked to make them tolerable, and even though the barrels were supposed to be regulated at 50 yards, they were not. After the fact it was admitted that they could not be regulated (too many bullet/load variables) and that was the real reason for the two rear sights, one for each barrel. OK, I could live with that I guess. But, one barrel was smooth on the inside, the other barrel had a series of constrictions. Seating a bullet it would go, bind up, go, bind up...all the way down. I tried lapping the barrel and it improved some, but still the constrictions were obvious. That barrel never did group very well. The clincher came when I had the rifle sighted in and the temp was about 70 degrees. A cold front came through that night and when I went to do some more shooting the next day at around 40 degrees, neither barrel would shoot within a foot of where it had been sighted in the day before. Nothing had changed except the temp. Fluke? No, this happened every time the weather changed and after two more months of trying to get the rifle to hold zero more than 24 hours, I gave up and unloaded it at a gun show. Took a beating on the deal, but at least that dead horse was gone. Went to a single barrel and never looked back. I hope and pray that things have improved since I had mine, about ten years ago, but consider this a heads up. It's was a beautiful rifle if you don't mind a then $550 wall hanger.

HBH:
I recently swapped my .58 Kodiak for a .50-70 Springfield, but I had a lot of fun at the range with mine. Before I bought it, I talked to a fellow from Pennsylvania who used one in Africa on elephant and Cape buffalo. If you plan to load to the max with heavy conicals, you will want to have the tang area bedded lest you split the stock with the recoil.
I went up to about 130 grains of FFg under a 570-grain conical, just to see. Recoil is robust, but not prohibitive by any means. For plinking and general fun shooting, I liked 100 grains of FFg under a Hornady .570 RB and .015 Oxyoke Wonder patch. At 50 yards, this would give me three holes touching from each barrel and the two groups within three inches of each other. This was using just the rearmost back sight. I am sure I could have gotten the groups to converge by using both sights, one for each barrel. I had less luck with getting conical groups to tighten and converge, but I am sure if I had spent more range time I could have made them work. This gun will challenge all your patience and muzzleloading wisdom, but it can be rewarding. There's nothing like a fast right and left with that wonderful weight out front in your left hand. Also, do yourself a big favor and order Graeme Wright's "Shooting the British Double Rifle" from Huntingtons.com. This doesn't cover muzzleloaders per se, but does explain the principles of how doubles work, and those principles apply to the Kodiak muzzeloaders. Enjoy your rifle!

Thanks for the replies!
Big Bore maybe they have improved in someways. This rifle is pretty well done for any factory effort from the standpoint of outward appearance. The triggers aren't that bad really no creep about 41/2# and both are similar weight. Checkering is good. I took the rifle to the range with the only bullet the store had the T/C Maxi-Hunter 560gr.. I just tryed 90 gr. of PryoDex Select- running low on black and store out.. Left barrel shot dead on at 60 yrds. the right was 4" higher and 1" left. The left barrel shot around 2" the left maybe 4". It is fun to shoot and I bought the rifle for the fun and challenge. Only concern is that the nipples dont hold the caps as firm as I would like. I will change out the nipples.

Many Thanks

HBH