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I guess i could have said the Wolf and its available in SS. Traditions has not offered anything in SS in years. The Wolf as far as i know also has a metal trigger guard and other parts. Im pretty sure the Pursuit uses plastic on several parts of the assembly.The Buckstalker can be had with a scope for $199 or less during fall sales.
The Traditions Pursuit is the direct competitor of the Optima.
Traditions hypes the cerakote but it does nothing to protect the bore. How they can even make this statement is rather comical. Are people really that worried about black powder corrosion on the OUTSIDE of the barrel? Last i heard the cerakote is not covered under warranty. Ive seen numerous posts over the years from people that got nowhere with the CS about external rust were the cerakote flaked off.
The barrel and reciever is coated in Premium CeraKote Finish which is 50 times more corrosion-resistant than stainless steel in protecting against black powder, cleaning chemicals, and any weather you may encounter.
The receiver is an aluminum alloy and should not be rusting anyway right? So like i said i just cant see how anything Traditions offers is a better bang for the buck vs a comparable or 1 step up CVA model. I will take a SS inline for shooting corrosive powders every single time vs CM covered in Cerakote.
$219 in SS, what am i missing here vs a $249 Bulkstalker?
https://www.muzzle-loaders.com/brands/cva-wolftm-northwest-legal.html