A certain fellow who worked for ''savage arms'' (Won't mention Randy's name)
but he talked a lot of trash about muzzleloaders ..CVA,TRADITIONS,and others which had/have Spanish and Italian barrels........CVA for example had,i i r c ,were originally made with DOUGLAS Barrels,made in the US of A..(you can't go no better...) later they went with Spanish barrels which are supposed to be ''inferior ''quality, worse than Italian barrels.......those ITALIAN barrel are on LYMAN , Traditions,Cabalas,safari and a whole slew of others.....all made (Barrels) by INVESTMARM Italy....
I don't think with the LAWYERS waiting in line for a multimillion dollar law suit, that ANY of the caplocks sold in the U.S. would have ''pipebomb'' barrels .
There was an issue for 1 or v2 years with a certain ''in line'''' muzzleloader, think it was CVA but don't remember for sure.......so this guy talked sooooo much trash that many folks just will not buy a M.L. with a barrel made in SPAIN or ITALY....sort of like saying,I WON'T DRIVE A FORD cause GMC had a transmission issue.... heck,THEY ARE BOTH PICK UP TRUCKS!!!!!!!
I think,from that video I mentioned,.its basic GRASS ROOTS.....Those good ole boys JUST SHOWING what it takes .........me,i'll stick to my 80.gr. max load for my 50 cals.... it works for me,DO I worry about blowing up my ''junk barrels'' NOPE... i will clean my guns after every outing and do an inspection . I'm more concerned about a mountain lion or bear bushwhacking me on the way to the mailbox.