ORIGINAL: Triple Se7en
Pedersoli is WAY-OUT-OF-TOUCH-with the American ML-Buying public. Their reference to the integration of inlines & conical-bonding is a perfect exampleshowing this Italian ML company has no clue what the American consumer wants - or is using these days.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with Toby's stance that's asking for the lifting of discriminatory practicesthat many state wildlife governing bodies currently practices. These states failto match their traditional-only ML hunting seasonwith a Modern ML-only hunting season.
Why should only one style of ML or component be allowed -- yet the other be entirely shunned? Separating seasons is fine with me. Butstates like Pennsylvania should have a ML season that prohibts traditional flintlocks. Colorado should have a season that prohibits #11 caps and conicals. Now that would erase the present discriminatory practice in Pennsylvania & Colorado.... just to name two states out of several who are not serving it's ML-purchaser requests fairly,
A poster here earlier commented thathefeels the games laws which effecteach state should be determinedby that state. Well..... all 50 Wildlife/DNR governing bodies EXIST TO SERVE IT'S CITIZENS.... so let the American ML hunter decide -- not the other way around!
If a governmental hunting body is going to stay the present course and not show equal rights to what a vast number of ML purchasers in the past decade are buying - in terms of modern components/accessories -then choose to discriminate against such, well that's an indication that the Wildlife/DNR governmental bodies are NOT SERVING IT'S ML-BUYING CITIZENS with a fair shake. Forcing it's citizens to only purchase traditional MLs is like telling their citizens that color TVs will no longer be allowed -- everyone must buy a black & white.
BTW..... Toby Bridges NEVER STATED he wanted a ban on roundball/patch hunting involving what more than 95% of us hunt on this messageboard.... deer or smaller-sized game. Please show me his "ban roundball" quote poster Paco????????
Nothing worse than typing words at this messageboard that are totally incorrect -- without evidence -- without facts -- without quotations.
Thompson Center Arms -- Triple Se7en Powder -- Buffalo Bullet Co.
Here you go:
"That requirement states that, in order to be legal for big game, a modern center-fire rifle MUST retain a minimum of 1,000 foot-pounds of energy at 100 yards. Now, if the questionable
professional game managers within this department were to impose the same restriction on muzzleloaders, it would basically eliminate the use of patched round ball rifles...and take the Colorado State Muzzleloading Association purists out of the regulation making equation."
Email him and ask him and he'll tell you this:
"Hey, soon as this scope thing is behind us...and it
will be soon...it'll be time to begin working on
getting game departments to establish "Legal Minimum
Energy Levels" for ANY muzzleloader to be used for
hunting big game. And even if we accept just 700 ft.
lbs. at 100 yards...none of the .50 or .54 caliber
round ball rifles and loads would make the cut."
and this:
"I've just been pointing out that when push comes to
shove, the round ball is something the traditional
hunters stand a good chance of losing."
Toby