ORIGINAL: C. Davis
Some people are trying to make a muzzle loaderbecome more and more like my bolt action .270. Why? Are they trying to impress somebody. They don't impress me, I'll just go grab my .270, and remind them that their (centerfire wannabe) aint one, and then I'll pull out the old sidelock and show them thattheir (boring out of place in practical firearm history) gunperforms closer to my Hawken then it does to the Weatherby.
You just picked my favorite rifle caliber. Shotgun, pistol, rifle, air rifle-- if it does what I want it to do, I tend to like it.
No muzzleloader is in the same league with a .270, and they won't be-- no load from the muzzle sabot can tolerate the velocity or rate of twist necessary tostabilize the bullet. Not even close, polyethylene has finite limits.
Choices isall they are, and I enjoy variety. There is obvious interest in smokeless muzzleloading, or there would be no activity on this thread. That clearlyis, shows that there is.