We are less than 5% of the muzzleloader hunters?

[Skyline]

Nothing miraculous about that Adam.....hazards of the design and circumstance. As I said I began using traditional muzzleloaders decades ago.......I have also seen in-line actions fill with water in torrential downpours during hunts in the NWT, despite covering the actions, and then refusing to fire at the end of the day, with 209 ignition. I have seen bolt-actions and lever-actions freeze-up in -30 and -50 F. usually because the owners neglected proper cold weather maintenance....another because a horses body temperature made a 'cold' rifle sweat in a scabbard and then freeze as it cooled.

Have had a wet pan on a flinter a time or two myself hunting in the pouring rain in British Columbia for blacktail deer.....and that is just the way it goes sometimes....................... that's hunting. Has nothing to do with wisdom or the point I am trying to make.

Ah well, this is kind of like beating your head against the wall, it feels good when you stop. Take care all......oh and keep your powder dry!