I have 3 muzzleloading rifles.


A .45 cal Kentucky percussion long rifle that I built from a CVA kit and used it to kill my best mule deer buck in Colorado's first muzzleloader season.


A .54 cal percussion Hawken that I built from a Green River kit, and I used it to kill my American buffalo.


And a .50 cal Traditions inline topped with a 3-9x scope. So far it is bloodless.


My personal opinion is that primitive weapons seasons should be limited to primitive weapons. No inlines, no scopes, and only black powder or Pyrodex granular powder, no pellets. Like Oldtimer posted, modern muzzleloaders have evolved into cartridgeless centerfire rifles.


If you want to hunt in a primitive season, use a primitive weapon. There is nothing to stop you from using your hi tech inline muzzleloader in the regular rifle season.