ORIGINAL: Tahquamenon
Plus, with smokeless powdersthat really opens up the door for extended lethal ranges far beyond black powder or BP substitutes capabilitieswhich from a safely perspective does not make sense to me.
Just a point in fact. The gun Retriever states he is using " the ultimate"wich is aBP substitute muzzleloader, advertises itself as capable of the following.....
the BP Xpress has fired 5 shot groups of one half inch at 100 yards and 3.75" at 500 yards.
I know of no smokeless muzzleloaders shooting projectiles at that distance. Following your logic that would make the BP substitutes the dangerous propellent and the smokeless propellants more desirable from a safety perspective.