Really no matter what caliber you decide on or what style rifle you get, it all boils down to knowing your loads limitations and your rifles abilities.... If you can place that projectile in the right place you will be successful.

A while back I went on the inline craze and now own three of them. I like to shoot inlines and I think they are a great rifle. Funny part was, during out hunting season I was always taking a cap lock rifle most the time. All my shots were going to be under 100 yards, and this .58 caliber I picked, with a roundball is a real shooter. The projectile without doubt is a game stopper, and it was fun to hunt with it.

I did use an inline a couple of late afternoon hunts when I was looking out over a large hay field and I knew shots might be over 150 yards. The only reason though was the Black Diamond XR has a scope. I needed that for my old eyes (and I really needed some venison).

A lot of people own both inlines, cap locks, even flintlocks. They are all fun to shoot. All of them will do the job if you can do your part.... Good luck to all of you this hunting season and season's greetings to each of you.