An interesting situation presented itself to me at the range over the weekend.
Being a goto guy at the range, a shooter asked if I could teach him how to use his new CVA inline muzzle loader. I had him put everything he had for the gun on the table so I could see what he had and what he needed. To my surprise he had a shiny new unopened box of round balls and a package of new unopened patches. For powder he had Pyrodex Powder Pellets.
Believe it or not I was nice and asked why do you have patch and ball for an inline?
This is were the story gets interesting.
He said he bought the rifle from a big box store and they sent him to a Mom & Pop gun shop for gun powder, bullets, and accessories. This old established shop I thought had a good reputation so I asked "did you tell them what rifle you needed bullets for?" He said he did.
The moral of this posting is this. If you need help in a new area to you, spend the extra money and buy everything from the local gun shop that can give you outstanding service.
Just my thoughts for the day
DF
