Anybody heard from Mr. 16 gauge?

[Adam Helmer]

popplecop,

I have heard the argument "that since I load my Inline from the front end, it is a Muzzleloader JUST LIKE a flintlock." LOL! I own flinters, caplocks and two inlines that use 209 shotgun primers. I will agree, ALL my muzzleloaders load from the front end, but that is where the similarity ends!

If anyone thinks a bolt action inline using 209 primers is THE SAME as using a .50 caliber Hawken Flintlock in the RAIN, I would say they NEVER used a flinter in the rain. My 209 inlines ALWAYS fire in the rain, not so the flinters. The DIFFERENCE is the Ignition System. There is a big difference. That is why the soldiers in the Civil War used caplocks and none went back to Flintlocks. The DIFFERENCE IS IN THE IGNITION System! If there were no differences, Everyone would use Flintlocks, Right?

Adam