I shoot a CVA Bobcat .50 percussion style with a synthetic stock and a set of aftermarket CVA Illuminator sights on it. I bought the synthetic stock for weight reasons, and it seemed to balance better with me than wood did. I put the sights on because I had a hard time with the other sights. Even when I bought it, I still did not consider it a " primitive weapon." It is a MUZZLELOADER, I don' t even consider 80lb draw weight compound bows primitive. Primitive is sticks and stones if you ask me.

In Nevada you can' t have a scope on a muzzleloader during " Muzzleloader only" season. Fine with me, I don' t know of anybody that can print tight groups past 100 yds with an inline with open sights any way, so the playing field is pretty level versus someone with a flintlock. I can print 2" groups at 65 yds with my ML, with round balls, just got it precisely sighted in, and when I can shoot again, will start working with other bullets. I have not hunted with it yet. A max shot for me might be, say, 75 yds. Now during the " Any Legal Weapon" season scopes can be had on ML. Thats fine, it levels the playing field a little more versus centerfire rifle.

To end this I am saying that laws should be directed toward making everything as equal as possibe for everybody. I am not against scopes on ML' s, but not during seasons when people are walking around with flintlocks and other people are shooting smokeless inlines with scopes and can knock a fly off a donkey' s a$$ at 250 yds. If someone chooses to hunt with a ML during rifle season, more power to them. One final thought, these so called " primitive weapons" hunts should be labled to more describe the weapon to be used, not just a generality. I don' t have any problems with people who use weapons that are legal, that' s what the law is there for, this is just how I feel.