What happened to Muzzle Loaders?
Looking at the new Cabella's catalog I am disgusted to see what is happenning to traditional muzzle loader rifles. They began evolving into super high technology blackpowder monstrosities after the black powder deer seasons became prevalent. The original intent of having a muzzle loader season was to create a primitive hunting season, one that was to be more sporting, or in other words the intent was that it would be more difficult to kill deer. The hunter would be limited to shots of about 100 yards or less and not be able to reload rapidly. This was an opportunity to experience hunting as our forefathers knew it.
These new rifles are legal loophole rifles - they are using every modern technique that can be dreamt of to create rifles that are as close to centerfire performance and rapid loading as they can get and still squeak inside the primitive season :barf:
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‘‘Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.’’ ~ Mahatma Ghandi, "Gandhi, An Autobiography", page 446
‘‘The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.’’ ~ Patrick Henry
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