The Nitrofire trademark was registered by the US patent office. --->>>
https://uspto.report/TM/88709055
--->>>> Mark For: NITROFIRE® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of muzzle-loading firearms; Muzzle-loading rifles. <<<<---
Note that it covers "categories of muzzle loading firearms."
A category means a type of muzzle loader that 14 states have approved that regulate 82 million people.
You understand that you or I don't define the term muzzle loader.
The laws define what a muzzle loader is or isn't.
You know what it is, I know what it is, the states are beginning to legally define what it is.
Time will tell whether the rifle will die out or not.
Until then just wait and see what happens.
More game agencies will assess it, make recommendations to state elected officials who will decide whether they want to allow it or not.
Elected officials come and go with each election, and some states are more friendly than others.
Federal, Hodgdon, Traditions and Ardesa aren't going anywhere.
Let the free market consumers and state officials decide the future of the Nitrofire system.
There's 50 states, and who knows how many countries or provinces will eventually allow it.