I'm not saying that all weapons should be allowed during all seasons. What riles me up is when people start trying ban inline shooters from the muzzleloader seasons, and insist on making it an us vs. them argument. My only point is that a muzzleloader is a muzzleloader, and should be treated as such. I was just trying to illustrate the point by taking the primitive weapon controversy back another step or two. What is truly defined as primitive enough to be allowed?

My inline may look like a modern centerfire rifle, but it has all the limitations of any other muzzleloader. I have the same relatively short range, it's no more or less accurate, and while it might be somewhat less sensitive to improper loading, it's really no more reliable than a well maintained and properly loaded sidelock. I only get one shot just like a flintlock or sidelock percussion rifle too.

The resurrection of the inline has done a lot in my opinion to rekindle muzzleloading in general, which I think was a dying discipline before Tony Knight brought back the design. There are a lot of ex-shotgun hunters I know who are switched to muzzleloaders because their tired of opening day sounding like WWIII. I've only ever hunted with a muzzleloader because my dad switched over before I started hunting deer, so to go hunting with him I had to learn to use the proper weapon (a T/C Hawken, btw).

Was I being a little harsh? Yes. Was I attacking those who don't shoot inlines? No. Do I stand up and fight for those of us who choose to shoot inlines, and don't want to be treated like red-headed step children? You betcha!

Mike


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