The newbies are interested in basic shooting and loads, not how to design bullets, shoot between 200 and 400 yards, cultivate/construct breechplugs, bedding / free-floating, control fracturing, exterior coatings, scientific findings on bullet deployments, weight measurements, yawing,....etc.....etc.

I was gone from here for several years and the changes in the topic discussions from back-then till now is dramatic. What the newbie posted today was a typical discussion / post 7-8 years ago. I do realize the number of muzzleloader sportsmen has steadily declined in the past 7-8 years. That's probably the main reason the more heavily-used muzzleloader board visitors cater to the technical field of this business during the present times.

Heck, I can recall coming here and spending a half-day here discussing differences with moosemilk and bore butter.