I think I'm pretty open minded and accepting. While I never moved past the old plunger design inlines, still hunt with my Knights, newer technology never bothered me. I have zero issues with custom rifles or SML's. This however bothers me. I think to me the bottom line is, all the previous guns are muzzleloaders. In my mind this isn't. It's not legal in VA, propellant and projectile must load through the muzzle.
I remember when inlines became popular here, people complained about them being used during muzzleloader season. I remember thinking it didn't bother me as they were still muzzleloaders. I don't feel the same about these. Every year I here more complaints at VDGIF meetings from the gun hunters about muzzleloader season. As such, I hope these stay out of muzzleloader season. I worry as manufacturers push the limits we will eventually lose the muzzleloader season.
Am I way off base here?