Do I want the most superior projectile? Of course I do. But what is superior to one might not be superior to another. There is a new following of Speer Deep Curl, and Lehigh, Barnes, Parker, etc. But try and wrap your mind around how many deer were killed by a simple Hornady XTP. So does that make the XTP superior? Some would say no, but thousands of deer deer would disagree. Superior projectiles to me means.. you have confidence that it will get the job done.

As for the debate of the roundball VS the sabot. If the rifle is a good roundball shooter, and the ranges are not excessive, I have no problem at all shooting a roundball. As already said.. put that in the right spot and the ball will do the rest.

A question for many of you instead of a superior projectile... In past days, when our pioneer hunters used very basic muzzleloaders, many of there claim to fame was their ability to track what they shot. So my question is... what do you feel is your tracking ability? Are you a good tracker, average, poor, or terrible. What I mean is, can you track with absolutely no blood at all? How about a few drops of blood here and there? Do you need a good solid blood trail? Or are you one of them that has to see the animal basically drop? What tricks do you use when you track?