[skeet]

As far as a marketing strategy..well I have one..Very simple in fact. You learn over a period of time what sells and what doesn't. Don't sell what doesn't move. I know that sounds simplistic but all retailers use that one.. I also use another... I try to sell items that will be a coming thing...such as the Savage Muzzle loader. People don't for the most part want to have to work at their favorite sport...muzzleloaders included. Cleaning is a chore to most... Not necessarily bad but just a tedious task. Quite honestly I have sold 17 of the Savage smokeless muzzloaders so far this year(since July). Surprisingly 12 of the people who bought the Savage guns are first time muzzleloaders. I stress the fact that they can use Black, Pyrodex,Triple 7 and smokeless in these guns. Most have bought triple seven to use in them.??? I really don't know why but they do. But I think the fact that they can use anything in the gun is a deciding factor as well as the familiarity of the bolt action type gun. Another factor is all weather useability. We have a fair amount of rain and bad weather during the winter so people like the closed action 209 primers etc. Yes with the right marketing strategy...you can almost sell anything..but going with the flow surely makes it easier. Another factor in the whole mess is the unsteady availability of black powder here in Md. The Peoples Republic doesn't want people to have an explosive ya know.

Now...I happen to have a Lyman 50 cal Flinter A 50 cal Hawken (TC) and a pretty little TC Seneca 45 cal with an extra 36 cal bbl. All are as new but used...gotta try to sell them just to be rid of them...Flinter I've had for 4 yrs!!! And I'm not going to give them away.

The Pennsylvania rifle is pinned to the stock..and it is a bear to get off. But it seems to have been designed to remove. Surprisingly that little rifle is really long...but so well balanced it is a dream to shoot....and a nightmare to clean