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Gm54-120
And you cant use BH209 in some PacNW states because of the open primer regs and bad performance with that primer design...your point is????
Change the laws if you dont like them.
Missouri did years ago
BTW a good SML will match MANY CFs in deer hunting ability out to 200 yards easily.....you just got to be willing to pay the price.
Even my Savage with a 325gr FTX and not even a max load is easily good enough to 300 yards but im not. That blows 45/70 out of the water and can match 404 Jeffrey knock down with a 400gr from a $600 gun. Customs built for sabotless have made the sky the limit if you got deep pockets. 500 yard kills is well within being a reality with several of them.
I understand the performance you can get from specialized muzzleloaders, but they will always have one flaw. No quick 2nd shot. I don't mean for a 2nd shot on game, but on animal that's trying to kill me. I hunt high altitude timber alone. I accept the limitations of a muzzleloader. No 2nd shot being one of them.
Even though I have a lot of years with muzzleloaders. I have more with CF guns. I know which one is more effective.
Muzzleloaders are fun to hunt with, but for my timber hunting. A Marlin 336 lever in .308 is the perfect gun. If I come to a meadow and need a long shot. I might hesitate with a ML, but not the Marlin.
If I could change Colorado laws, i'd have a separate primitive ML season. Then stick the inlines in rifle season. It wouldn't be popular to anybody but real muzzleloader hunters.
My point is made by you comparing muzzleloaders to CF guns. They shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath, but are getting closer and closer. Soon, they'll be equal, and make no sense.