Muzzleloader season isn’t over until your gun is clean

Muzzleloader season isn’t over until your gun is clean

I started hunting with a muzzleloader long before there was a muzzleloader season. In the early 1980s, in-line breech designs revolutionized ignition systems and elevated muzzleloader use. I’ve read that upwards of 95% of deer killed nationally with a muzzleloader each year are with an in-line, and I’d bet the majority of bear, elk and other big game are, too. Except for a handful of diehards, hunting with sidelock flintlock and percussion guns …