"This is another divide and conquer thing. Or to paraphrase Franklin, hang together or hang separately. I wish shooters and hunters would work together to create synergy for preserving our sports."
It is not a divide and conquer thing. It is pretty much a delineation of education, experience and ignorance. The latter is not a sin and can be rectified by the former.
There are several examples to be found within this thread. One illustration is the wee group at 100 yards and a claim of lethality at 300. Perhaps. If one knows the drop and windage for a relatively low BC bullet, since that is what inlines shoot for the most part. Reality is, IMO, there isn't great advantage to be found in ballistic performance from inline platforms. There is a question of safety concerning the use of smokeless powder in the Savage and certainly by manufacturer cautions on virtually all others. If one eschews smokeless powder the benefit, if any, evaporates.
The debate about cleaning is pointless. There is no propellant on the market which allows one to ignore cleaning and general maintenance. There is no argument in support of a particular propellant's superiority which is credible. They all have baggage.
