Originally Posted by Timbermaster
Hell of a shot Bird! I got to get me one of those smokepoles.


A guy I knew took a buffalo cow with a similar load out of a .62 cal smoothbore flinter trade gun; 80 grains fffg, .60 cal ball, except he used dead grass as wadding. Recovered the ball under the hide on the far side.

With your skills you could get an elk with one no problem.


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