As for the QLA Muzzle, I ABSOLUTELY DESPISE them! The only way i would buy a rifle that had a QLA muzzle is if i could get it REALLY cheap and i wanted it for the Stock, Lock, parts. In my opinion TC’s QLA Muzzle is GARBAGE
I have tested different types of OP Wads in stock 1:48 twist TC Barrels with QLA Muzzles and the results were ALL OVER the place. Here is a good example, I helped my dad get his TC Renegade shooting good, it has a QLA muzzle, Dad was shooting Maxi Balls, and Lyman Plains bullets with a Wool felt Wad in a 2-3” Group at 80 Yards or so, he pretty much cut the 2” bullseye out of the Target. The next time we got out together to shoot our rifles I brought along some of my new .060 Vege Fibre Over Powder wads for him to try (they shoot AWESOME in EVERY rifle i own WITHOUT a QLA Muzzle) Dad gets his rifle loaded, using the New Vege Wads, He takes the shot and totally misses the entire 2 ft square target?? I swore i seen something kick up way over top of the target? (This was from a benchrest, and My dad is a good SOLID open sight shooter) He loads up again and shoots, that time i seen dirt fly up, and the weeds part several feet in front of the target??? That bullet bounced up from the ground and busted my wooden target frame :shock: LOL! Now what in the hell caused that?? He loads back up and shoots again, Same thing, that bullet hit the Ground as well (Same powder charge, and same bullets that shot great just a few weeks before) The only thing we did that was different this trip out was used the .060 Vege wads that i had cut for him instead of the Wool felt, so we changed back to the wool wads and that fixed the problem, but even tho the wool wads shoot decent for him, every now and then he will get an AWOL Flyer, and i mean totally miss a target?
QLA Muzzle Guys, FIRST i say to shoot WITHOUT an over powder wad and hopefully your rifle shoots good that way. Any of you reading this that have a QLA Muzzled TC Rifle and doubt what i am saying, I ask you to try a few different types of Wads and see for yourself, Try Hard Card Wads .060 Vege Fibre, and then try Wool felt wads (wool felt will be more forgiving) I have a wall standing full of Muzzleloaders WITHOUT QLA Muzzles and NONE of them act up like that! They each have their own preferences, but even at their absolute worst they stil shoot better than these 2 stock QLA muzzle TC barrels at their VERY BEST. My theory on the QLA is the gasses are escaping around the bullet differently when the bullet ENTERS the QLA before exiting the muzzle (which could cause the bullet to do anything) What else could cause a bullet to fly over the entire target 1 time, and the next time dig a trench in the ground in front of the Target, bounce up and go through the target sideways? We aren’t talking a few inches here, we are talking several feet! I have no experience with ANY other rifles besides TC equipped with a QLA muzzle, So maybe other brands with QLA muzzles are better? I can say for a fact that I have 2 Stock .54 Cal TC barrels sitting here with QLA muzzles and both of them are not worth more than the price of scrap iron, They are ABSOLUTE JUNK! Both of these will eventually end up shipping out to Robert Hoyt to rebore to .58 Cal so i dont have to deal with cutting the barrels down, under ribs, and new front sight dovetails cut. I avoid a QLA cut Muzzle like the plague!!