Favorite make of rifle

[Dryball]

Whats your favorite brand of inexpensive rifle? Not custom made...even if you made it cheaply. If you have more then one favorite then say which they are.

Ned

[Roaring Bull]

Got several Traditions, CVA's and my Pedersoli Kentucky Flinter...that's probably my fave.

[Dryball]

I don't see a vote for the Pedersoli David.

Ned

[Roaring Bull]

I voted for Traditions and was gonna vote for Pedersolis too.

[Dryball]

Try now.

Ned

[Roaring Bull]

Cool beans!!

[Ranger]

I've owned a few of each of the guns you have listed there. The TC flinter I had tended to smash flints against the frizzen all the time, so I sold it. The TC caplocks I've owned were reliable and straight shootersm but I prefer flint guns. The Lyman trade rifle I owned was a good gun, but once again, percussion. The traditions and CVA flint guns I've owned were excellent sparkers once the locks were tuned up on them. They were also very straight shooters. The Pedersoli that I own is the most over priced POC that I have ever owned. It's a Pensylvania 45 flinter. The lock main spring is under powered the frizzen does not move as freely as it should, and I have polished the crap out of it, and fit and finish was not what I expected out of a more pricey gun. Therefor I voted for the humble CVA for my favorite production gun. Cheap and easy to work on.

[bull frog]

Most of my expierience has been with cap locks for the very cases mentioned.  When I started out years ago, the quality of the locks on the flint guns were questionable at best.  Even though I have always liked the looks of flinters best, I went with cap locks.  Not a lot to go wrong with a cap lock.  TC's are good guns but I have never really liked that trigger guard.  I owned a couple CVAs, the Mountain rifle I like well enough.  But my favorite at this time is my full stock Pedersoli cap lock with the barrel shortened to 28".

[Linc]

I have had 3 Traditions, 2 of which I still have and regret selling the other one. I have had 3 T/C and sold 2 of them (inlines)with no regrets. I'm walking the fence on the 3rd one which I just bought and is quite heavy and very accurate with PRB's, maybe I'll see about trading or selling it. I also own a Cabela's Hawkins, it weighs a ton but is pretty accurate 385gr conicals.

[old salt]

I have owned 4 CVA still have two of them mountain rifles with the American made barrels and both are tack drivers. Two Lyman's one flint one cap, 5 of the Cabala's Hawken  4 cap  45, 50, 54. 58 and 1 flint all left handed. Had a TC  Hawken but traded for a New
Englander, Hawken was a 50 cal right hander the New Englander is a left hander and it came with 54 cal rifle and 12 ga barrels

[Riley/MN]

I voted CVA because my go-to gun is a CVA mountain Rifle in .50 cal w/MADE in USA barrel. I am working on one that has the spanish bbl in .54. the bbl is really rough, and I am in the process of converting it to flint. I would like to pick up a .45 mtn rifle as well...

[bull frog]

I had to amend my choice of favorites.  I still love my Pedersoli .50 cap lock, but have recently got a .45 flint T/C off of Roundball.  I like the quality of T/C guns but was not that thrilled about the T/C Hawkin.  Just didn't do that much for me.  This gun however has restored my enthusiasm for the Hawkin.  The attributes out weigh the flaws.  I own seven T/C guns and this is my favorite.

[Dryball]

Bringing her to the shoot on the 11th?

Ned

[kit_carson]

lyman GPR! thats the gun! most historicly accurate(with the choices givin) and most comfortable to shoot! its big, heavy, and very, very accurate. other wise it's a custom that i built. but dollar for dollar nothing, and i mean nothing out shoots, or out performes the GPR.

[kit_carson]

Bringing her to the shoot on the 11th?

Ned

what shoot where?