If it shoots as good as you claim it looks you got a great deal. I was like you but, I waited a hell of a lot longer than a few years to see the light....I've been deer hunting roughly 25 years and I got my first muzzleloader 2 years ago and have taken four deer with it. I bought my second one Spring of "08". Should have started a long time ago. I'll probably never buy another shotgun slug.