@Hunter21
Great post, you've paid attention very well to numerous discussions, not just one.
First and foremost, the muzzleloader hunts were never intended and implemented to become a "long range" hunt.
We have let it become that ourselves.
As our quality has been on a steady decline throughout the west for multiple reasons, technology has advanced to keep you as a hunter successful by continuing to give the hunter the edge over the animals through emerging technological advancements in rifles and components.
Had quality and quantity of quality remained high, a hunter would not need a muzzleloader that is capable of killing at 500 yards because we could be successful at 100 like we were years ago.
Sure, not every muzzleloader hunter is killing deer at 500 yards.........yet.
Do we draw the line in the sand now like we should have 10 years ago, or wait another 10 till every muzzleloader manufacturer is making rifles cheaper and just as effective as the Gunwerks rifle and we all have one?
That is EXACTLY what happened with the introduction of the inlines, undisputed fact.
BTW.....I do like your idea of limiting variable scopes on LE units and I will bring that up in our next meeting as "public input".
Having said that, the WB is asking for 3 muzzleloader descriptions, General, Restricted and Primitive.
As we have it sitting now on a tabled discussion, "General" is any muzzleloader with a maximum of 1x scope.
"Restricted" would be open sight only (HAMS)
"Primitive" is percussion style in the event future hunts are created for this type of weapon.