Yes, I see the romance part of it, since I like the looks of the Renegade and Hawken and the Sharps. Makes you limit your shots, makes you a better hunter with open sights and paying attention to details.

I think the guys that were into traditional before inlines, hate to give up their traditional to go with inlines, because they learned early and truely have a heritage they would be giving up. Their heritage could have been taught to them by a father, big brother or uncle and that is a great thing---I didn't have that had to learn everything myself. Most guys however have joined the inline revolution and they like it a lot and are seeking to improve their skill by shooting percussions and flintlocks, which takes another level of commitment and patience. I don'tthink that there will be a great resurgance of "traditional shooting" unless states open up a "traditional only season" and inline season and a CF season. You can of course use you traditional in CF if ya want or in inline season. We don't have a "traditional in Va", but I wouldwelcome it, especiallyearly for a week. So 1 week of traditional starting 1 st week of Nov, 2nd week of Nov is inline season and 3rd week is CF season. That would be cool.
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