Actually, CraigC, there was no name-calling involved.
I could care less about the strawman argument of the coonskin cap. I did, however, call you and yours intolerant of other shooters and hunters. Those bigoted and intolerant shooters have earned the moniker of "Elmer Fudd" over the last year or so, just Google the term along with "Zumbo" for an explanation.
That quality, in and of itself, is not considered a Good Thing with respect to bringing younger hunters and shooters online. We are often our own worst enemies in that regard, and folks wonder why there's no new blood afield. Well, some do - I have a pretty good idea of what's turning them away.
I'm actually ashamed to see such stuff online, it's as if we never learn. I see it on the Goex forums, other BP forums, and now here. Before one gets all hot under the collar and defensive over their sacred muzzleloading "rights" as issued by a state's Department of Natural Resources, they should really ask Jim Zumbo how the intolerance thing worked for him. Then read what was posted in this thread already, including the fine specimen of intolerance and hatred in the latest post. Very nice to see that on a popular firearms forum, and it certainly portrays our sporting hobby in a good light, doesn't it?
BTW, I've got centerfire smokeless rifles, blackpowder cartridge rifles, flintlocks, and percussion rifles. I'd be very careful of assigning motives to people for why they buy a given rifle. I bought my muzzleloaders to shoot, either at the range or hunting. I did NOT, however, buy them to take advantage of a special season, and I chafe at the insinuation. Now, unlike some here, I'm more than happy to welcome another front-stuffer to MY deer woods this muzzleloading season, and I don't get my panties in a wad if he's shooting a scoped inline, a matchlock, or a new CVA Electra. I'm not that selfish or shallow, the deer woods will accommodate all of us just fine, thank you very much. I'm also very much aware that scoped Whitworth muzzleloaders were used by the Confederates in the Civil War to good effect, and the inline ignition muzzleloader was invented in the early 1800's. If one were to pick nits, I'd wager that's pretty much as primitive as the various percussion guns already out there. Go figure, everything old is new again.
I suppose if one searched prehistoric cave art long enough, they'd find a painting where Ogg is seriously torqued that Lar has upgraded from a sharp stick to an atlatl, ruining the whole primitive cave bear hunting season...