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<blockquote data-quote="Vermin93" data-source="post: 2506226" data-attributes="member: 9526"><p>Savage is first and foremost a centerfile and rimfire rifle company. Building muzzleloaders is not their core business like it is for CVA and T/C. Savage never effectively marketed the 10ML-II, and in the hunting industry the ability to effectively market your product is huge. Also, the 10ML-II is relatively expensive to manufacture because of how well it's made. Also, smokeless muzzleloading is confusing and intimidating to a lot of casual shooters and hunters who would rather just drop 2 or 3 expensive pellets down a barrel. All those factors together made the 10ML-II bad business for Savage. </p><p></p><p>I will never understand why so many muzzleloading hunters would rather buy expensive pellets and deal with constant barrel swabbing, crud rings and barrel corrosion instead of buying a simple powder scale and weighing smokeless charges. It really makes very little sense, especially since a 10ML-II can shoot nasty expensive pellets, or black powder, or black powder substitute, or Blackhorn 209, or smokeless powder, but a lot of things man does make little sense. The relatively small number of 10ML-II owners know what CVA, T/C, and other muzzleloader owners are missing - more speed, more distance, better accuracy, more flexibility, less mess, less maintenance, and much lower operating cost.</p><p></p><p>You can still order a blued/synthetic 10ML II from Savage if you want one, so it's not dead yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vermin93, post: 2506226, member: 9526"] Savage is first and foremost a centerfile and rimfire rifle company. Building muzzleloaders is not their core business like it is for CVA and T/C. Savage never effectively marketed the 10ML-II, and in the hunting industry the ability to effectively market your product is huge. Also, the 10ML-II is relatively expensive to manufacture because of how well it's made. Also, smokeless muzzleloading is confusing and intimidating to a lot of casual shooters and hunters who would rather just drop 2 or 3 expensive pellets down a barrel. All those factors together made the 10ML-II bad business for Savage. I will never understand why so many muzzleloading hunters would rather buy expensive pellets and deal with constant barrel swabbing, crud rings and barrel corrosion instead of buying a simple powder scale and weighing smokeless charges. It really makes very little sense, especially since a 10ML-II can shoot nasty expensive pellets, or black powder, or black powder substitute, or Blackhorn 209, or smokeless powder, but a lot of things man does make little sense. The relatively small number of 10ML-II owners know what CVA, T/C, and other muzzleloader owners are missing - more speed, more distance, better accuracy, more flexibility, less mess, less maintenance, and much lower operating cost. You can still order a blued/synthetic 10ML II from Savage if you want one, so it's not dead yet. [/QUOTE]
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