Well PA - shooting and hitting a running deer with a flinter is a real challenge. I've done it with percussion rifles but not with the flinter. And unless I really concentrate on the shot, especially if I dont practice too much, I have a tendancy to drop the muzzle when the pan goes off resulting in a low miss. I really have to focus shooting a flinter cause I'm lefty and my flinters are right handed. That flash a couple inches in front of your nose is hard to ignore.