For me there isn't a large benifit for someone to go out and buy one of these guns just for the 2 weeks of season you can use it. If a person is going to put their money into a new gun they might as well invest into a muzzleloader because you could use that one gun for both firearms season and muzzleloader season.I don't think it matters if you kill a deer with a pistol cartrige rifle or a muzzleloader because both will kill a deer at a distance you feel comfortable shooting at.