Not to start trouble, but the notion that muzzle loaders are 300 yard guns and shotguns are 200 yard guns is BS. There isn't one in a hundred hunters that could make those kind of shots.

I hear "my muzzle loader shoots like a high powered rifle" all the time from friends and acquaintences. News flash ... It's is nowhere close.

You don't see guys going on hunting trips out west where they can use a 30-06 electing to take their slug gun or muzzle loader very often for good reason.