I have and liked it so much I will every chance i get. When I was a kid I used to tag along behind my Grandad in PA during the special flintlock only season. I learned alot about Flintlocks watching him. Buy one, Ask questions here, and learn to tune and position every thing just right. (It sounds harder than it is)! I asked a question here years ago about how to set a flinter up and the response was so good I printed it out. These guys know this stuff inside and out. as to a misfire or hangfire they can and will happen but they make covers for the locks in bad weather. I will give one piece of advice and thats to dump the priming charge every half hour and put in new. I can HONESTLY say I have never had a misfire in the woods...Ever! even when shooting the charge at the end of the day. You get what you pay for though, buy a quality gun. I say this also and not to discourage you, if your like me it's too late to buy one this year it has taken me a long time to shoot one accurately. That flash in the pan had me flinching like crazy for a while. Have fun.....Doug