all i can say is IM JEALOUS!!!!!! for a while i wanted a flintlock for turkey and other such critters....i got stuck on building me a big smooth bore jaeger flinter...just kinda hard to scrap up the money i want to put into the gun going to college and all......but a couple years and ill be building away hopefully......awesome looking rifle.....you going to work up some shot loads for it as well? or just going to use it as a "shoulder mounted mini cannon" as i call them GIANT roundball guns?? 600grs of lead......my goodness...for comparisions sake...how many grains are in a pound?? if i had to guess i wanted to say 550ish....but that cant be right....wait...i know this..its close to 2000grs in a pound isnt it?? powder is measured in grains right?? theres.....i forget how many grains of powder in a pound......ahhhh its too early...not enough sleep...and i gota goto work!! ill be waiting for the answer though! lol....congrats on the rifle.....that looks GOOD.....and you made me jealous!! i think smokin a turkey with one of them would be absolutely awesome...but they look a tad on the heavy side...opposed to my 5-6lb 870 turkey gun with a 21 inch barrel! lol....but lugging it around would be awesome......and man that big of a ball......thatll knock the fur off a deer!