Originally Posted by
starmac
Why have one, because a scope would look terrible on my sidelock. lol
I think a lot of guys are getting them, because they can get in the game for 1/2 price compared to a sidelock too.
I think this is a big reason myself. I also think people actually think there is a advantage over the traditionally designed ones. Only one i can see is ignition system.
Andy
Ajax, I think you hit the nail on the head. A functional inline can be made much more "economically" than a sidelock. The "cheap" sidelocks left an opening that manufactures lept to fill. Inlines are just simpler, therefore easier to make reliable. The manufacturers (and media) have done a very good job of convincing "Joe public" that plastic is the best material for a stock. It's economics for them. For instance, screw up a piece of walnut and you have fire wood. Screw up a plastic stock, just regrind it and remold it. Same(economics) with inline ignition, a cheap side lock frequently has issues, now, put in the "work" to learn how to make a good one work and it's very reliable. Without the inlines, there would be less people muzzleloading due to economics.
As far as percussion better than flint? I have no need to pinch and install a new cap with a flintgun when I reload in the woods. Charge the pan with the same powder as the main load and done. Besides I haven't seen a tin of caps (in a store)in a year or more. + one to the 209 system on availability.Flintguns were still in use,in the mountains, 80 years after caps came out, had to be a reason.
I personally will not tollerate the difficulty of loading the sabo load in a dirty bore, Seems the "modern" projectile system is not "all that". Not to mention, the BC of a 240r .429 ain't so hot for "long range"
If I wanted to build a 200 yard rifle ,I would take a page from history, and use a 45 with a full dia bullet and then put a "semi sealed ignition" undehammer on it. Wood for me, and a tapered and flared barrel please, ala "Virgina" guns. Now that's not within any traditional school, but still much better ergonomics (for me) than the current batch of rifles.
Not the "inline ignition" to me, it's the modernizing on the "appearance". It has become the current norm, and will become "traditional" as the current generation "matures". Sunday at the gun club, trying to help another member get his arrows fletched, I offered to loan my Bizenburg and some feathers. 5 middle aged men looked at me like I was nuts. Plastic vanes and compounds are the new traditional now that crossbows are "hitting the seen". We should watch the way we peigionhole based on appearance, that is how our oponents attack ARs vs Leverguns,,, M9s vs Pythons ect.
Yes it's a muzzle loader, no it's not traditional to some of us. No big deal, and I really don't think it has any real advantage over the ol style. Percieved advantages sometimes don't pan out in the field, sometimes they do.
Now that underhammer with a bullet twist and a 457122 lubed with crisco, put a 4X scope on it and there is a real advantage, especially if it has nice tigerstripe or flame maple
Gotta get my roundtuit. Opps ,sorry for the long wanderin post..