I've shot several deer with my Traditions .50 caliber flintlock- - - - -36" barrel, 1:66" rifling twist, and pure lead .490" patched round balls over 80 grains of 3-F black powder. The furthest I 've ever had to track one was less than 50 yards. Most of them dropped within 10 yards or less.
Jerry


Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!