ORIGINAL: CarpetBagger
thinking that i am going to go with the triumph, but it depends on what i can find one for when the time comes....Ive seen it for $279 at walmart with the nickle barrell that regular price. Im probaly going to just get a regular blued barrell and then just add a scope to it and be done. There is only 1 trueweek of muzzleloader here for antlerless, but you can use them during the regular gun season here where slug guns are only allowed...I just dont know if a muzzleloader would ever take the place of my slug gun, but there is a possibility...
I have hunted NY State the last 7 years with a MLer and I can tell you from personal experience that the MLer are far more accurate. I don't think you will sell your old slug gun, you just won't use it as much. If you get a TC Triumph, and you shoot Barnes 300g MZ in it with the supplied sabot and 100g of Blackhorn 209, then you will never return to a slug gun. I can shoot 1 to 1.5 inches with mine at 100 and would never dream of taking a 200 yard shot with a slug gun, with a MLer, 200 is fairly easy, 150 is a piece of cake, with a good scope. Even a plain old MLer with Open sights is better than a slug gun with Open sights. Much better bullet selection in MLers also, you got the whole 45/70 lineup from Speer, Nosler and Barnes + the pistol bullets, much cheaper to shoot also. A Savage cuts that cost in 1/2 again because it will shoot 44g of Powder instead of 100g of Blackhorn, and it will shoot 250g or 300g Speer Gold Dots, so considering cost in your equation, MLer win hands down. Only problem is lack of a 2nd shot, and who needs that? Chap