Frontiergander-- I agree. I am glad someone else said it first. Reading his stuff just makes me cringe. Wakeman on bullets-- "bore sized projectiles are the very worst muzzleloading projectiles available" (powerbelt bullets/ on chuckhawks). I don't think millions upon millions of game animals would agree. Maybe in technical, hypothical, theoretical wonder world. They work just fine for me. I like to keep my pistol bullets in my pistol and my smokeless in my smokeless rifles (wakeman loves his savage ml in smokeless). He has probably forgotten more about shooting than I'll ever know but his writing is just not for me.