And there might evenbe otherinteresting possibilities...one could be having no restrictions at all...really not too far fetched...the Wildlife Dept's do their math and forecasting...establisha number of hunting days & tags for"firearms seasons", and a hunter uses whatever he/she prefers.

I think the fundamentalissue that should bedecided is whether or not states should continue topreserve special hunting seasons for older technology equipment as an acknowledgement to our hertiage so to speak...ie: bowhunting & traditional MLs.

Or...decide they don't even want to pretend to do that, and simply deal withwildlife management harvest targets, and open the seasons up to all firearms.

I think unless and until that question is answered there will be this constant set of different views about what constitutesmuzzleloading.
I happen to have an opinion and I am honest in stating it that I think there should be an acknowledgement of the old ways...that's just me.

First muzzleloader I ever owned was a .50cal Knight MK-85, big Leupold 3.5x10x50 scope...killed deer with it for two years just like my Remington 700's...realixzed there was no challenge to it any different than those 700's...beganstudyingabout real black powder and muzzleloading as it existed back during the early American muzzleloading era,sold my Knight outfit and have been going backwards in technology for the past 15 years.