A few years back I gave my nephew a 25-06/50 cal huntsman. I bought it as a 243 then had the huntsman barrel fitted and a 25-06 barrel. I later got rid of the 243 barrel. He graduated from high school a year ago and has been working as a welder. Last week, he called me up and asked if I would mind if he traded the huntsman off toward a new muzzleloader. I upgraded the gun with the alternative ignition system and hubbard rod. I asked him what they were going to give him on trade for the gun and both barrels. He told me 120 bucks. So, I offered him 150 cash to use toward the 975 dollar encore pro hunter muzzleloader he just had to have. he jumped on it. He killed 2 deer with the huntsman last year, and now it just isnt good enough. I got the gun he got the cash and off to the shop he went. He came back an hour later with the gun, scope base, nikon omega bdc scope and an assortment of bullets for a grand total of just over 1300 dollars. I mounted the scope and bore sighted it. He had yesterday off, so he went to the range. When I got home from work last night, he was here. He was griping about how it is a piece if junk and he could not hit paper etc etc etc. I reminded him about how well the huntsman shot and how successful he had been with it. He wanted to get the huntsman back, so I told him 200 bucks you can have it back as I already listed it for sale and had an offer of 200. I do not plan to sell it, but I was trying to prove my point. However, he is not going to get it back either. To appease him, I rechecked the scope monts etc. He plans to go back to the range tomorrow. When he was leaving I said to him I guess more expensive is not always better. Now I want to say that this is not a diss of T/C. I own several and am very pleased with them all. He just got used to the ease it was to work u p a very good load for the huntsman and how well it shot. I will certainly assist him with working up a good load for the encore. In the mean time I am enjoying watching him stew and grips. I guess the power of tv hunting shows is evident.
