Once the new wears off they are a pain in the butt to hunt with.
jOe, I know that you are very experienced with muzzle loaders and I have certainly enjoyed reading and learning from your posts. For me cleanup's not the issue, it's reloading in the field. I use a 12 gauge 1973 Pedersoli occassionaly that at 5.5#'s is great to carry, but because of the PITA reloading I end up choosing my shots more carefully (no "Hail Mary shots"). For me, cleanup after the hunt is nothing.
Steve
Well they are what they are but that's the beauty of it. For some the romance never wears thin.
Don't you guys know anything yet? If Joe doesn't like something, no one else is supposed to like it either. Since he said he has used more muzzleloaders than everyone else combined, there is no possible way someone else could possibly use one and get a lifetime of enjoyment out of them. How dare any of you even mention that you actually like to hunt with them, and that cleaning them isn't really that big of a chore! You don't know anything.
Joe, please give us some other words of wisdom so we can all be saved from our own stupidity.
