I noticed one of the auction sites (only looking not buying), muzzleloaders (inlines) being offered for sale from an Idaho resident. His reason for selling; the rifle is now illegal to hunt with and of no use to me. What a shame. It's somewhat apparent he did not take pleasure is a simple trip to the range, or rock quarry for a Saturday afternoon of fun. Instead he chose to dump the whole works. But I can understand his reasoning. Perhaps all he wanted was some quiet time in the woods without lots of other hunters. I can understand that.

Still,you have a good point Alleyyooper I never considered... I never thought of all the stores. I bought my Ultra Mag from a Sportsmans Warehouse in Idaho. Think of some of the large chain stores with now hundreds, perhaps thousands of rifles that are really no longer a saleable item.

I am sliding off the main point of the thread, and that being Sabotloader shooting a Renegade with 1:48 twist and getting good results with conicals. I do not have any .54 caliber conicals around anymore. I do have plenty of .50 caliber, so maybe we will see how well they do out of a 1:48 Hawkins flintlock. Might be a good reason to get out on the range.