A well made flinter will rival any caplock in speed of ignition and reliability. And as cayuqad pointed out,a poorly designed rifle will likely turn you away from flintlocks.

I reciently let a friend shoot one of my rifles and he was in disbelief that there was no hang-fire. Speed of ignition is all inproper design and geometery of the rifle, provided quality parts are used.

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Hunting with a flintlock rifle is more fun than peeing off the back porch.