I started with flintlocks back in the 70s...I'm also a huge history buff and grew up hunting so it just was natural for me to want to hunt with a flintlock...Through the years I have built my own flinter, put together an outfit from the American Revolution and given and attended many talks on Colonial America...Kids love these talks and you are teaching them history...At the end of the talk, I always give them a demonstration of how to load and fire a flintlock...They scream with joy and beg me to do it again...

I've also had a young fellow that remembered my talk from years ago...He built a .40 caliber flintlock and hunts with it...He just got back fom a tour in Afghanistan as a sniper...Currently he is in training to be a game warden...

Also, as mentioned...I have a few pounds of powder on hand, I have a hundred flints I bought back in the 80s...I make my own balls from free lead, buy ticking in bulk for patches and make my own patch lube...Shooting is very cheap when you go that way...

That's what I love about muzzleloading...I've been doing it for over 35 years and still remember the first shot I took with a muzzleloader...You can also grow and get just as deeply into it as you want, there are few limitations...