Hunting & Fishing 45cal muzzle loader information needed

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im thinking of buying a 45 cal muzzle loader, i want something medium quality and i have some wishes

i want to thread the muzzle for a suppressor ( i have a maxim 50 and am happy with it except that the base rifle is pretty low quality ( plastic and Trigger)
since i want to shoot suppressed, i cant use sabots, is there a good selection of bullets that dont use sabots?
i dont want a long barrel, aiming for 16" but i can always have a gunmith cut it down.
oh and im a lefty so i can only use ambi break open muzzle loaders, and i dont like the look of the old fashioned flintlock style rifles


and off coarse the only purpose is hunting, mostly within 100 yards

anything else i should know about 45 cal muzzle loaders?
 
Looking forward to anything coming in this thread. I was going to suggest the Maxim 50, as I have one I haven't even gotten dirty yet but, you struck that off the list. On yours, what optic are you using? I'm bouncing around with a few options.
 
im using a MRO on it, but i use the maxim only for subsonic shooting ( 385gr solid lead slugs)
its super quiet and the impact is insane
 
I ended up with a smokeless muzzleloader shooting smooth sized bullets. 300 grain bullet at 2800fps
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Yes, its based on a 700 action. It uses primer modules with large rifle primers. The breech plug is machined into the shank of the barrel. Sub moa to 500yards. Check out arrowhead sporting goods
 
I have a smokeless ML built off of an old Remington 700ML. I have one that built that uses 209 primers and another that uses the modules. If I had it to do over again I would just get a bbl and screw it on my Impact and go shooting during ML season.