>>Personally I don't find them appealing, but the reasons they are popular aren't because they are any more fun than a bolt action or a single shot or a muzzle loader.
>Michael, I disagree with you about black powder not being fun to shoot. It's slow to reload a black powder rifle, but the skill required to hit the target is the same as with any other firearm, and the comeraderie may exceed that one finds in other shooting sports.
My point was that a muzzle loader is just as much "fun" as an AR15. I do not think black powder is not fun to shoot. It's not so much fun to clean up, though. In my opinion black powder is a lot more fun than an AR15. Actually, I've never shot an AR15. I have shot an Ak47 (semi) and an SKS and a Ljungman and of those the Ljungman was the most fun, but mostly because it was much more accurate than the SKS and a lot more powerful with no recoil at all. I'm sure the AR15 would also be somewhat fun to shoot. The only guns I've ever not enjoyed was because they were painful to shoot. All of them would be more fun with a suppressor. Even with earplugs my high powered rifles ring my ears.