What are the differences in the two. Im looking to buy an inline muzzleloader soon. I dont know much about smokeless but what ive noticed is the rifles cost more and are supposed to be more accurate for much longer distances. I cant imagine I will ever need to shoot over 200yds. I already have everything needed to shoot a traditional 50cal muzzleloader. What is the most reasonable priced descent smokeless? Is it worth the difference in cost to get a smokeless considering I would have to start fresh.

I can't give you a technical answer for your question, but that puff of smoke out of the barrel is what I love about smokepole hunting.

When the smoke clears,, hoping to see a white belly...

Reasonable prices and smokeless don’t belong in the same sentence. Before Savage got out of the Smokeless muzzle loader business it was about the same price. They are not making them anymore so this really drives up the cost. I have a Savage Stainless with a laminate stock that shoots smokeless. I doubt very seriously you could buy the same gun used for less than 1500.00 today. To my knowledge the only way you can shoot smokeless powder with out a Savage is to have it custom built.

To answer your question there is no comparison to make. Smokeless powder is far superior to any other powder that’s on the market. Advantages are less cleaning more accurate. I can pull the cap off mine and leave it loaded to next hunting season with no issues. Accuracy is way better.

Thanks Snuffy, that pretty much tells me what I wanted to know and confirms what ive been seeing. All I was seeing was custom builds, I thought for sure I was missing something. I cant see my way to spend that much on a wild hair.

I know a guy that put smokeless in a black powder rifle lost his hand and most of his arm. He was lucky to survive. It should be common sense but. It’s best to keep the two far away from each other.

Very good point. You CANNOT put smokeless powder in your normal muzzleloader. It WILL blow up. There was a Savage ML2 Smokeless in the classifieds the other day. I think he was asking 1200.00 for it. You won’t lose money on it. Remember they don’t make them anymore.

http://www.aldeer.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2611434#Post2611434
Here’s a good deal if you can swing the coin.

Why did they stop making them?

I still own a couple of traditional black powder guns, but unless my sons get them out to shoot them, clean them, etc....they will never be used again. Smokeless is the only way to go.

If I had to guess the lawyers forced them out of the market.

^^^ What he said.

What got it all started was a disgruntled former Savage employee. He started loading hotter and hotter loads and finally got a breech plug to fail. That caused lawsuits and Savage decided it wasn’t worth it a quit making them. The TRUTH is if you load them according to Savages load chart they are completely safe. I would not be afraid to let my granddaughter shoot mine as much as she wants to. I’m that confident it’s safe. The main think is to load them with the correct powder and amount of powder.

Ended up buying bait57's custom 45cal. Beautiful gun, seems like a great deal, I cant wait to try it out.

Obviously y’all are talking black powder or smokeless in modern guns but I have went the opposite way.

I was one of the first to jump in the band wagon when the the Knight inlines came out. It’s needless to point out the many advantages to them and no one can question the fact they are superior in most way compared to the tradition side lock guns. However I have two inlines in the gun safe that haven’t been shot in several years due to the fact I just don’t see any sport to them for me personally but everyone has different reasons for hunting and the equipment they use.

I harvest a deer a few years back with my flintlock and probably will never pick up the inlines again. My goel this season is to harvest a deer with my Hawkins rifle Dad bought me as a kid.
Tn muzzleloader season is short so if I get desperate to kill a deer, I’ll just grab the rifle it’s far superior to any muzzleloader.

Honestly, with as good as modern muzzleloaders are, I wish Alabama would just allow primitive cartridge firearms.