[quote]ORIGINAL: metro
So, did the new craze of modern muzzle loaders start because of the loopholes it offered for an earlier or longer season, greater ease of procuring a tag and being able to use them in shotgun only states?
Loopholes? There are no loopholes. It started because people were unhappy with the performance of what was out there. Same thing with sabots. Del Ramsey was unhappy with what was out there and came up with another way to do it.
Let's face it, if nobody wanted better guns we'd all still be using the earliest style of muzzleloaders. The new guns just fill a nitch for those that want them.