like anything, you can choose to get into someting really heavily or just enough to be effective. I like ml because it extends my season, and it also puts me in the woods during the peak of the rut here when gun season still hasnt started. i guess i was lucky but i found a bullet/powder combo that worked really well quickly, and other than buying some different cleaning products and equipment, it really hasnt cost me much time or money other than buying the rifle itsself. From my perspective the pro is more hunting time, and no cons