rollingb,
I don't know if you consider percussion shooter, traditional or not. I know some around here that would rather lump them in with inlines and cartridge fire. Myself I prefer to shoot percusion cap...at this time. As time marches on I find myself becoming more selective about what I want to shoot, and who knows maybe someday I'll turn to a flintlock if one comes my way at a reasonable price. But to those elitist, I consider it their loss if they are so quick to condem others for what they decide to shoot. My brother inlaw shoots one of those inlines. I looked at the guts of it, decided I didn't want anything to do with it! I'm not going to condem the man for owning it though. It just ain't my cup of tea.
In some circles I have seen factory built guns (TC's Lymans, Traditions etc.) looked upon with disdain. they aren't traditional or even good replicas. I shoot what I can afford! They can accept me and my guns if they want, that's totally up to them.
As to the NMLRA and inlines I can't adequetly respond to that. I just don't have enough info on it. BUT IN MY OPINION, There's a glut of them out there, and you can't ignore them. So you might as well try to regulate what they do with them.
Smokeydays
Smokeydays, I'm just posting next in line so this is not a response to you directly, etc.
IMO...reading all these posts it seems that this sort of discussion gets going and gains a lot of momentum...then I think without realizing it opinions start getting polarized into oppositie, extreme categories, assumptions get made about what people might mean by their comments, etc.
For example, I'm not sure some of the opinions expressed here make someone an 'elitiest' at all, or makes them to be looking down their noses at someone at all...I think those are incorrect assumptions.
I don't see the differences as a "class" issue...I see it as a difference in specialized interests...the best way I know how to explain it is to borrow a post someone else made several weeks ago:
One day, out of untold thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts, a movement begins to form up a Harley-Davidson club to focus on, specialize, and preserve Harley-Davidson motorcycles, activities, etc...they form a club, pay dues, start newsletters, hold meetings, bike rides, ralleys, fund raisers, lease land to conduct their special events on, etc, etc.
Then along comes somebody riding a Suzuki and wants to join.
They explain it's a Harley-Davidson club, no Suzuki's allowed, etc.
That does not make the Harley-Davidson members elitists...it does not make them looking down their noses at anyone, or any other bike...they've simply gravitated together in a group focused on Harley-Davidsons, period.
Other people can ride Suzuki's all day if they want to and the Harley-Davidson crown could care less.
I don't see people who have interests in 'traditional' muzzleloading any different from that motorcycle example...I myself started out with an inline 15 years ago, transitioned to sidelock percussions, and currently use flintlocks...but I don't care if someone else wants to shoot inlines.
Like the H-D / Suzuki example, I do think they need to start their own focus groups, get their own activities organized like the Traditionalists did setting up primitive seasons, start their own clubs, pay their own dues, lease their own land so to speak, etc.
So IMO, I think people need to pause before they automatically assume traditionalists are being elitist or talking down their noses...traditionalists just want to preserve an era and could care less what other people want to shoot...but they do take umbrage when the inline influence begins to have negative impacts to the Harley-Davidson motorcycle club, it's future, it's leased land for primitive hunting, etc...
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