Sep 16, 2026 · 54 min · 12 segments
How did Traditions Performance Firearms become one of the most recognized names in muzzleloading, and where is the company headed next? In this episode of the Muzzle-Loaders Podcast, Coulton and…
Tom HallGuestHunterHostCoultonHost
Well, like, like I said, in the beginning, we were already, we were thinking about how we come up with something like this.
Part of it, you know, I think a lot of what we did with the fire stick is safety, right? So with a muzzleloader, as you know, you pour the powder down the barrel.
And we wanted to make sure that you couldn't overload the gun, you know, safety from a safety standpoint.
So obviously the fire stick is loaded inside Federal's factory where they load it the same every time.
but
because it's always loaded the same, you're going to get the same results when you're shooting the same bullets downrange.
So from a safety standpoint, again, you can remove it if you decide not to fire the gun and the gun is no longer charged with a powder charge.
It's like, how do you make muzzleloading easier, safer, friendlier, all these other things and get people back involved in a sport? And I think that's one of the things that the fire stick nitro fire technology has done It's bringing people back into the sport or new users that are coming in.
Don't find it as intimidating as when you go to the store and say, okay, I want to buy a muzzleloader.
Well, like, like I said, in the beginning, we were already, we were thinking about how we come up with something like this.
Part of it, you know, I think a lot of what we did with the fire stick is safety, right? So with a muzzleloader, as you know, you pour the powder down the barrel.
And we wanted to make sure that you couldn't overload the gun, you know, safety from a safety standpoint.
So obviously the fire stick is loaded inside Federal's factory where they load it the same every time.
but
because it's always loaded the same, you're going to get the same results when you're shooting the same bullets downrange.
So from a safety standpoint, again, you can remove it if you decide not to fire the gun and the gun is no longer charged with a powder charge.
It's like, how do you make muzzleloading easier, safer, friendlier, all these other things and get people back involved in a sport? And I think that's one of the things that the fire stick nitro fire technology has done It's bringing people back into the sport or new users that are coming in.
Don't find it as intimidating as when you go to the store and say, okay, I want to buy a muzzleloader.
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