I, too, am a fan of traditional BP rifles, inlines just don't do it for me but I'm happy that others enjoy theirs. My state recently changed the regs to also allow single shot rifles of, I think, 38 caliber or larger. There are certain technicalites as too which style of rifles are allowed but basically the 45-70 is the caliber of choice. And yes, the H&R handi-rifles in 45-70 are allowed and became big sellers overnight.
Now that single shot 45-70's are allowed during what was once ML only season, inlines will soon fade away around here. I haven't seen a traditional ML for sale in any store in several years and I don't recall seeing an inline in stores since the regs changed.
I don't care, really. It's not like my side-lock patched round ball rifle is "illegal", I can still hunt with it during what they now call "primitive weapons season". We've got enough deer around hear so if people want to take advantage of an extra two weeks to hunt with a scoped, single shot 45-70 loaded with Hornady's pointed Leverevolution ammo, fine... what ever blows their hair back. I'll stick to my traditional iron-sighted, sidelocked, patched-round-ball, loaded with real black powder, rifle because I love shooting them no matter what part of the season I'm in.
Now that single shot 45-70's are allowed during what was once ML only season, inlines will soon fade away around here. I haven't seen a traditional ML for sale in any store in several years and I don't recall seeing an inline in stores since the regs changed.
I don't care, really. It's not like my side-lock patched round ball rifle is "illegal", I can still hunt with it during what they now call "primitive weapons season". We've got enough deer around hear so if people want to take advantage of an extra two weeks to hunt with a scoped, single shot 45-70 loaded with Hornady's pointed Leverevolution ammo, fine... what ever blows their hair back. I'll stick to my traditional iron-sighted, sidelocked, patched-round-ball, loaded with real black powder, rifle because I love shooting them no matter what part of the season I'm in.
