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Kind of like what in-lines did except without the can.so it's basically a muzzleloader that removes everything fun about shooting a muzzleloader.
I don't know why you 'believe' there shouldn't be a separate season - the reason for it is so the muzzleloading hunter does not have to compete with those in the same areas using modern, repeating rifles. Heck if you want to discuss not believing in something most of us 'traditional' muzzleloading hunters do not believe modern, inline style rifles should be allowed in muzzleloading seasons at all.I don't believe there should be a separate muzzloader season .
mostly because I don't believe there should be a separate muzzloader season .
Eh .I don't buy the need for special treatment of muzzleloaders. Good way to get special, prime hunting though.
There is nothing noble , special or extra sporting about a front loader (I have two, all properly wood and brass ) and I feel special treatment for a smoke pole is wrong .
AND a sense of respect for history in general and for those who had to rely on their muzzleloaders for food and survival.Muzzleloading shooting is filled with a sense of respect for the game whose life you are taking.
I think there is a value in the gun simply because it pushes legal and technical limits. Pushing the edge is usually how we get progress. To me, that's the biggest value of a gun like this (or "pistol braces")There's a used one at a LGS, it looks like an abomination. It's just a novelty for people who can't legally own a firearm in my opinion.
I think there is a value in the gun simply because it pushes legal and technical limits. Pushing the edge is usually how we get progress. To me, that's the biggest value of a gun like this (or "pistol braces")
And that is exactly the kind of attitude that is irritating. A healthy dose of romanticism combined with a willful handicapping using obsolete technology, all in the interests of promoting an idealized view of hunting, which probably sells well to the kinds of urban non gun owners who infest government regulatory bodies, all combine to give "real" hunters all sorts of special treatment. That then spills over to what a "real" muzzleloader should be, and it basically boils down to promoting an aesthetic and romantic ideals.It's because a modern rifle enables you to shoot at anything up to 1200 yards, according to the 'Nimrod's' on youtube. To me that's not what hunting is about. Even worse, to my mind, is the clown who shoots an animal at 1500 yards or more with a .50cal BMG-something.
With a front-loader, anything taken over 150 yards is going to be problematical - most shots seem to be between 50 and 80 yards or so. YOU have to do some serious work stalking the animal and the chance of getting it all pear-shaped is high - even higher as you get out to more than a hundred yards or so.
So YOU have to take a chance based on your skill as a hunter, stalker, woodsman and shooter, not just your ability to hit a small target from ten football fields away.
Muzzleloading shooting is filled with a sense of respect for the game whose life you are taking.
Long-range shooting is filled with a sense of self-importance - 'look how good a shot I am'.
Just my $0.02