Koger
I dont have a problem with inlines as such - dont have any interest in em either but thats a personal choice. I have no interest in military hardware either.
Dont live in your country so the hunting thing is a moot point - If I did I would have a problem with guys sneaking that extra week of muzzle loader season with your style of gun - out in the main season ? cant see why anyone would have a problem with that.
However I really dont think inlines would have made much headway at all (if any) if it was not for that glitch in the laws - and that created its own unique problem in two parts
1)put so called muzzle loaders in the hands of a lot of guys with little or no experience of how a front loader works - and little interest in figuring it out
2)created a strong demand for low price point guns from overseas manufacturers -
Then we saw a bunch of blown up guns - catastrophic failures - under really suspect conditions - always the fault of the maker - nobody ever talked about idiot operators - there had to be some !
I reckon the whole scenario around inlines was a disaster looking for a place to happen - and it did - too many times.