Beartooth or Optima Muzzleloader???

[marshman]

I was about to buy a new Optima muzzleloader (the 209 model not the Optima pro) for around $200 here in Greenville when I found out someone has a Frontier Beartooth muzzleloader for sale for $100. The beartooth is less than a year old, bought last August so it has only 1 season on it. My question is does anyone out there have any opinions on this Frontier Beartooth? I don't know if this is a deal or not? I was pretty well sold on the Optima because I already knew there reputation. But if I could save a 100 bucks and still get good results I wouldn't mine that either. Any comments or suggestions would be welcome...

[Greenhead22]

Get the Optima. I've seen the Frontier's in Cabela's before and that's it. I don't know of anyone that shoots a Frontier.

[Ducks be us]

Me...Id stick with the Optima, but, as you said, a good deal is a good thing. I have heard good things of the Beartooth...almost bought one myself. To get ya started, I suspect the Beartooth will work good enough for ya...See if the seller will throw in some freebies, may be worth your while. Maybe you could test fire the gun. Could help seal the deal for ya The wife got me a CVA Magbolt Hunter...Maybe a little more than $100... 100 yards and closer = Dead meat

[HARLEY]

I bought a Beartooth 2 years ago and it is a excellent gun! You will have to play around to find out what it likes, but once you do you'll have a fine muzzleloader. I shoot Winchester 209 primers, 2 pyrodex pellets and a 250gr. Thompson Center Shockwave bullet through mine and I promise it will shoot 1.5" groups @ 100yds. I would definately ask to shoot it first because when you build guns that cheap there is bound to be a few lemons out there.

[sportsman450]

I had a Beartooth too, and I loved it.

Shot 130gr powder (two 50gr and one 30gr Pyrodex pettets), and a 245gr Knight Red Hot aero-tip sabot, and it shot very good groups too. It also blew an impressive hole in a deer.

I was told that the biggest difference was in the little things. The Beartooth's sights are plastic, and the more expensive ones are metal, ect, ect.....

[Quack-killer]

The Beartooth is about a 100 gun new.
I sold a million of them while I worked a t bass pro. Can't say anything bad about them other than the fact the the optima just feels like a much better made gun.

I bought the optima and would suggest you to pay the extra 100

[marshman]

Thanks for all your replies. I guess it comes down to personal preference. Sounds like the Beartooth isn't all that bad of a gun though. I'm thinking on going ahead and buying it and giving it a try this season. I guess if I'm not happy with it I can always try to sell it too or keep it as a backup gun.