The traditional muzzleloading firearms are a blast! Military history and our frontier history really come alive as you practice the old skills. If you hunt, they are the "One Shot Challenge" and it really adds new dimensions to the sport.

Note to our British friends, yes they are legal in the UK. check out the link below to the Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain for more information.

http://mlagb.com/

US residents ought to contact the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association.

http://nmlra.org/

You do require a firearms (shotgun) certificate however to own one of these, but they're quite easy to aquire after the appropriate police checks.

Thay actually fall under the catagory of shotguns as per the 1988 Act

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988...en_2.htm#mdiv1

EL