With a long tradition of producing accurate, innovative and dependable front-loading rifles, Traditions Firearms has provided blackpowder enthusiasts with quality firearms for more than 30 years. From DIY rifle and pistol kits to classic sidelocks and modern inlines, they’ve been an innovator in the evolution of the modern-day muzzleloader — culminating with the introduction of the NitroFire in 2020. 

Traditions Firearms partnered with Federal and Hodgdon to make a safer, more reliable and more consistent-shooting muzzleloading rifle in its NitroFire — the only muzzleloader that uses the new Firestick from Federal — an encapsulated polymer powder charge loaded with clean-burning Hodgdon Triple Eight powder. The NitroFire is designed so that the Firestick can be loaded from the breech, while the bullet is still loaded from the muzzle. This makes the powder totally impervious to moisture and the elements and provides for fast, effortless loading and unloading. The NitroFire features an ultralight 26-inch chromoly steel fluted and tapered barrel with 1:28-inch twist rifling, Dual Safety System and Traditions Elite XT trigger system designed with a rebounding hammer and a manual cross block trigger safety. MSRP: $549-$699. Contact: www.traditionsfirearms.com.