[jmarriott]

Knight and T/c are major advertisers in FF&G. Mags sell equipment and dreams.

T/C sells some more traditional muzzleloaders but the encore and Omega most likely outsell the traditionals 3 to one. And the profit margin is is most likely higher than the traditionals also.

I don't muzzleload at all but in the 1980's Handgun hunting became legal for deer in Indiana. (Maybe earlier but I was to young for a permit.) Most likely it was thought that most would use the good old 44 mag revolver and such to harvest deer. 60 yards was about the limit. Did they expect T/c to produce the Encore pistol with rounds like 270 and 30-06. Most likely not.

I got my T/C contender to extend my harvest range from 100 yards(smoot barrel foster slug shotgun) to 160 yards (35 rem 14 inch pistol). Then advances in rifled slug barrels and sabot rounds found me turning to the hastings barrels and sabot round for clean shots up to about 200 yards with the slug gun. Now handloading and 7-30 waters barrels give my pistol the 200 yards range. Each time I spent alot of money upgrading barrels, scopes, and accesories.

Since 1985 I have never shot a Indiana deer over 100 yards. I could have saved lots of money sticking with the foster slug and smoothbore barrel.

I purchased each upgrade hoping the the deer of a lifetime would pop out in the field edge at 120 yards, 170 yards, 210 yards, and I might be able to make that shot.

Dreams sell equipment, Mags advertise equipent, Writers recieve free gear to write pieces about equipment that might sell the dream.

I bought in, Others did also. Last year the old smoothbore Browning auto 5 open sighted shotgun with 75 cent each Winchester foster slugs broought down my only deer of the season in a family deer drive running at 30 yards. I purchased 5 boxes of the newest rifled slugs at 57 dollars plus tax, Still dreamimg that deer would pop out of the woods at 175 yards. One box of rifled shells was shot up sighting in the load all 4 others are still in the dream closet with my hunting clothes.