Which one is the absolute best?

For me Stainless is the only way..

Since you are apparently looking for a modern muzzleloader I recommend the T/C Encore, if it is legal where you live and the enclosed breech does not run afoul of your game regulations. Good hunting!

These are all everyday factory production rifles... no customs. This is how I rate them. Other posters may not agree.



Inline

Wood versions of either the T/C Encore or Omega depending on whether or not you choose to buy aftermarket Encore barrels... followed by the Knight Disc Elite - then the Austin Halleck 420.



Sidelock

T/C Hawkens followed by the Uberti Santa Fe... then the Lyman Great Plains... afterwards the T/C Renegade Hunter, Cabelas or Dixie Hawkens & the Pedersoli Country Hunter.

Lyman makes a nice stainless sidelock. www.lymanproducts.com derf

Buy a Shiloh Sharps and never look back.

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Originally posted by beltloop:
Which one is the absolute best?<br /><br />For me Stainless is the only way..

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The absolute best of any particular category of thing just does not exist, since every example is an individual. However, IF you need the VERY BEST ML, you will have to find a custom gunsmith (or three!!) to make you one.....

Beltloop, try an Ultra Light Arms 209 muzzleloader. I don't know a dern thing about it but I sure wish someone would buy one and provide feedback.

if God wanted us to shoot caps or primers he would have spread them all over the ground.. a jim chambers flintlock is the best.. why, becouse when you say you shot that 77 point deer that dressed out at 560 pounds with a 500 grain bullet that shoots one moa with peep sights and weighs 12 pounds what acomplishment is that..?? buy a jim chambers swamped barrel long stock and you will have the ultimate black powder rifle.. then when you go to your first rondevue and meet a hundred skinners (some of the freindliest and most helpfull guys around) youl know what im talking about. they should treet you like youve been comming there for 10 years. jim chambers website is at http://www.flintlocks.com/ .. ps i have a c sharps and its delightfull.. your on the right track what ever you get get a good one and your problems will be cut in 1/2.. good luck dave..

thanx for jim chambers website i just looked and think when i'm ready to buy a traditional again i will check him out alot more

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Originally posted by ffffg:
if God wanted us to shoot caps or primers he would have spread them all over the ground.. a jim chambers flintlock is the best.. why, becouse when you say you shot that 77 point deer that dressed out at 560 pounds with a 500 grain bullet that shoots one moa with peep sights and weighs 12 pounds what acomplishment is that..?? buy a jim chambers swamped barrel long stock and you will have the ultimate black powder rifle.. then when you go to your first rondevue and meet a hundred skinners (some of the freindliest and most helpfull guys around) youl know what im talking about. they should treet you like youve been comming there for 10 years. jim chambers website is at http://www.flintlocks.com/ .. ps i have a c sharps and its delightfull.. your on the right track what ever you get get a good one and your problems will be cut in 1/2.. good luck dave..

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Could be.....