Being I'm the owner of a traditions 50 with fiberglass stock, I thought there one more thing that should be mentioned. If your entire life is narrowed down to just shooting muzzleloaders every day, perhaps you need the best priciest one available.. For people like me, who include and use muzzleloaders along with Bows and Arrows and some of the other unmentionable Firearms that are in common use, that are all a part of our sporting lives, especially mine. I own one of these tradition cap Locks because it was a darn good buy. I reckon as things are viewed, I don't own many weapons that would be termed beautiful, But they all function.