I can be guilty of that. I am a natural antagonizer but working on it. I do like to mess with dumb people. Oh, and I own several Taditions and may get another just to upset some here.
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NONE. I own several CVA and Traditions guns. I think the Spanish guns are great and have even been to the Ardesa factory when I was in Spain as the USMC Attaché. The Spanish are great gun makers and they will build anything to a desired price point. I have many tens of thousands invested in fine Spanish SxS from the 40's to the 80's and they can do the same with ML...all you have to do is be willing to pay the price.
The "traditions" importer wants a gun at a certain price point and Ardesa makes it to their specs.
I think their patent breech is overly complicated and requires special cleaning, but they tend to be accurate guns and from what I can see will hold up long enough to outlive most of their owners.
SDSmlf just wanted to know what kind of opinion was wanted before breaking it down.
Me too. Planning on adding a Shenandoah, Tennessee, and flintlock buckskinner to the collection. And there is a guy on here with a blunderbuss I'm considering if y'all don't beat me to it
I have the TN in a "hunter" version withy 1/32 twist. I really want a RB barrel and should have bouth 5 years ago when traditions had a few. Mine shoots inch groups at 85 yd with the Ballet bullet. Never tried PRB yet. It is the absolute perfect blind gun, short, light dealy accurate.
Always wanted the Shenandoah too.
Always wanted the Shenandoah too.
@Frontier's does a great job shooting his and has some great knowledge and products to support them. I have a pair of Ardesa 21" percussion 50 cal Carbines in 1:32 twist that I love. I killed a cow elk with a 54 cal CVA Frontier Hunter (made by Ardesa) last year.
There is nothing wrong with them at all, but it is nice to know a piece's limitations and foibles that a knowledgeable, technically savvy person can point out!
There is nothing wrong with them at all, but it is nice to know a piece's limitations and foibles that a knowledgeable, technically savvy person can point out!
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Yea, what he said! ^
longcruise
70 Cal.
I used to do that a lot but too many "dumb" people turned out to be smarter than I thought!
havent seen that yet. How do you handl the issue?
longcruise
70 Cal.
What's to handle?
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Some folks can be real smart in one area and not realize they are not so smart in another. I find I can learn from almost anyone but also need to ignore them in other things. The dilemma is trying to figure out when.
Traditions are decent for what they are. I have several. The flintlocks especially may need some tweaking to work reliably.
Traditions are decent for what they are. I have several. The flintlocks especially may need some tweaking to work reliably.
Mr. Banjoman good looking guns, hope they shoot as good as they look.
Banjoman
Hillbilly
Thank you! They do!
The top one is a .62 caliber Chambers smooth bore.
The bottom one is a .50 caliber Traditions Kentucky rifle.
Banjoman
Hillbilly
A place close by has a Jukar .45 caliber Kentucky rifle at a good price that might be joining the herd if I don’t change my mind.
64Springer
75 Cal.
^^^DO IT^^^
The drop of the stock is so much more/better than newer Traditions pieces.
Allows those with big heads to actually see the sights.
The drop of the stock is so much more/better than newer Traditions pieces.
Allows those with big heads to actually see the sights.
Banjoman
Hillbilly
I know. Hush!
Banjoman
Hillbilly
I’ve looked at it several times already. It needs a little clean up and I know it’s an inexpensive rifle, but that thang just fits me like a glove.
I think it would make a good squirrel rifle.
I think it would make a good squirrel rifle.
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Did you read my post? It’s 16 pages back. Basically durability of some components on some Traditions guns, such as the cast brass trigger. It just doesn’t hold up if you shoot a lot, though both the predecessor CVA and Traditions have been noted for accurate barrels, more accurate out of the box than many of the Italian made barrels. Another quirk is that brass trigger can be very wobbly from side to side and loose against the sear bar. Had posted here years ago with an easy fix for both concerns, but there was concern from the crowd at the time that it was approaching real gunsmithing and some could potentially mess up the trigger on their guns, and in the interest of liability concerns the entire thread was deleted. Then, and even more so recently, some here who must have struggled with snap together Revell Plastic Models, not to mention the ones requiring glue, paint and adding decals, and any how to fix a trigger information is likely too risky to post.
Find it interesting that many offer less than positive comments on Pedersoli, TVM, Pietta, Uberti and others, but many of the same folks pop a forehead vein if something is said about a CVA or Traditions. Might be because many of us started with these guns? And they were and are fine guns at a price point. If your idea of critical analysis is a comment like ‘I love mine’ or ‘mine has killed 3 deer’ is what you are looking for, buy with confidence when you read that, just don’t complain or ask for help down the road (too negative). Some may want to know more.
Others say one shouldn’t comment negatively about other’s guns. I only made the general comments about guns I’ve had personal experience with. I still have a number of CVAs and Traditions in the safe, along with a number of spare components. And as I mentioned triggers in an earlier post and again in this one, here is a photograph I had on the ‘cloud’ of some of my triggers in the parts box, the triggers I was referring to, not the ones in the OP’s guns.
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I've had a few of those over the years and love them. I find them to be accurate and fun to shoot. I just wish the butt was an inch or two longer. But that's not a problem. Good squirrel rifle too.
Most of time this is correct. @Banjoman if the bore is good....go for it. They ain't makin anymore!
Dave Dworshak
40 Cal
Our 4-h blackpowder club member took 10th place at the national shoot in Nebraska this summer with a Traditions Kentucky rifle. It seems to work fine.
