Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Muzzleloaders Is there Smokeless substitute for Blackpowder

Flintlock shooters don't like percussion, percussion shooters don't like inlines, and apparently inline shooters don't like people who use smokeless.

I don't see what the big deal is if he wants to use a BP substitute with less smoke. The traditional experience has sailed long ago at this point.

Where you want to draw the line is up to you.

Actually, the line is drawn by your state game and fish, not individual preference.

There are new things for each sport that should never be allowed IN A SPECIAL SEASON. For example, there are arrows that come equipped with ammo on the tip so that when they stike an animal, they "shoot" it with a bullet. Those should never be used in an archery only season. If you want to use then in gun season, fine. So it IS up to us as a group to set minimum standards for equipment

I agree with states such as Colorado that don't allow scopes, pellets, etc. That said, you can use a pretty advanced gun there legally if you want to.

I think he asked a valid question, but on the internet, the way you ask the question can get you into a debate.

When someone comes to a new sport that we love and says: I really don't like muzzleloading and I am only in this to extend my season and I don't like "getting my hands dirty" it just leaves a bad taste in many peoples mouth. Whether or not he meant it to come off that way, it did. Bottom line is he got the anwers he sought and could care less what others think because he is not in it for the muzzleoading experience.

If you re-read my post, that's what I was trying to get across. And for example, in PA's late season it is flintlock only. I just find it funny when people say you are taking away from the traditional experience if a guy is wanting to use a smokeless BP substitute in an inline.

A man wants more time in the woods and would like to see what options are available while staying within the law in his state.

I got no problem with any of that.

That his "muzzleloading experience" doesn't fit an others definition of what that means, I'm not surprised.

Exactly. Some people just don't get that though.