Originally Posted by
Gm54-120
You can already use a smokeless muzzle loader that will easily kill deer at 300 yards or more so whats the issue? A 275gr bullet at 2600fps+ is pretty much a cake walk these days for custom built rigs and its perfectly legal in Illinois. Even the new Rem UltimateML is capable of kills past 200 yards no problem.
This is true but a 30-06 in a plastic low end rifle can shoot farther, be just as accurate and cost a lot less money. Those custom muzzle loaders can get expensive. I for one am not for rifles in Illinois. Seem like a fix where there is not a problem.