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In my native CO, muzzleloaders used in the muzzleloading season must wear open sights and scopes are not allowed. But you can use a scoped muzzleloader in the regular rifle season. When I was stationed on the East Coast there were a lot of areas where you couldn't use a centerfire rifle. It was archery, shotgun or muzzleloader and the muzzleloader could be scoped. That's why I have a Rem Model 700 ML in 54 with a scope. It smacked a lot of whitetails in VA.
That must have really smacked them. Lots of lead for those Virginia deer. My brother lives down there now and shoots some pretty nice racked deer. I like to lite load my 54 and shoot on the range. Still get the smoke but not much recoil and a great sound when the bullet smacks the target or hits a water filled milk jug.