i carry my flintlock alot........rifle season if im not doing drives and the weathers nice the flinter is in my hands....ive yet to take a deer with it...cant wait......love that gun.....something about carrying it.......and making smoke........cant wait to pop some groundhogs with it soon......tell me that doesnt look crazy.....sittin out in a groundhog field with a flinter!!!!!! took 2 last year with it.......one at 45yds......not a bad shot with a flinter and such a small target........nothin wrong with muzzleloaders! people think they are so unreliable.......they just dont know what they are doing.....ive yet to not have it go off when i wanted to..unless im target shooting and not cleaning the flint and frizzen as i should be....just laziness......and i like to see what i can get away with.....