I have owned dozens of smokesticks from several different companies, and I can't really bad mouth any of them. They all have a little something I either didn't like, or liked a little better than the last one.
I finally ran onto a Savage ML II smokeless muzzleloader, that seems to be the best of all worlds. It will shoot all powders from Black to smokeless, and has the strongest chamber, and best barrel of any of the others. They are the ONLY muzzleloader that is pressure tested from the factory to exceed more than twice the recommended loads. They are a bit pricey (580.00 to 600.00) but I could have saved myself a lot of money, if they had been available when I bought my first one.
Just my .02