mykeal said:
What does this gun do that all the others don't? There's nothing in the ad to that effect.
If I was going to buy a flintlock, I would like one of these!
From reading the Traditions PA Pellet flintlock ads and looking at the detailed pictures on The Sportsman's Guide, Bass pro Shops, Cabela's and the Traditions product pages, the following features are described in a piecemeal fashion but which does amount to providing more details:
1. This ''Super Flintlock'' has an improved hardened frizzen and deeper flash pan for countless ignitions.
2. Some great upgrades include inline ignition and a removable Thunder Dome™ breech plug. This new flintlock makes loading, shooting and cleaning a breeze. A removable breech plug allows you to clean through the WHOLE barrel.
3. the pellets are ignited from the rear for reliable and consistent ignition.
4. fully adjustable Tru-Glo® sights. - Also includes rugged high-visibility Williams Metal fiber-optic sights
5. a modern all-weather synthetic stock or select hardwood stock
6. The 26-inch octagonal barrel has a 1 in 48'' and is designed to shoot saboted bullets with extreme accuracy
7. 24 1/2" solid aluminum ramrod with brass loading jag
8. Also available with a camo stock
9. Soft-Touch stocks and forends provide a sure-grip in any conditions and with or without gloves. (That must mean that the stock is rubberized)
10. A magnum receiver accepting up to a 150 grain magnum powder charge
11. Takedown allen key supplied
12. Lifetime warranty
13. Nickeled barrel
14. Available in left hand
15. Swivels for attaching a sling
However here's one report that says that it won't shoot pellets. It probably needs a booster of black powder to ignite them if at all. (IIRC TC claimed that one of their flintlocks would shoot pellets too)
http://shootersforum.com/showthread.htm?t=52312
Cabela's has some 5 star user reviews including one that says that it fired when loaded with "synthetic powder":
2" inch groups at 50 yards with 70 or 80 grains synthetic powder and a 245 gr hollow point bullet.
http://www.cabelas.com/p-0072054216719a.shtml
There's also a 5 star user review of it on Bass Pro for being highly reliable in dry weather.
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/s..._425000000_425010000_425-10-1#prodDescription (click on read more)
See the photo's of the removable breech plug:
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=264876
Last but not least, here's 2 videos of people shooting their Traditions PA Pellet flintlock rifle, the first with a booster of 20 grains of ffg, 2 - 777 pellets and using fffg BP as a primer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Re12NouFE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L90B-mvSBKo