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54 cal smoothbore accuracy/whats the best they can do

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Daryl:
LB - with buck and ball, there was more chance for a wounding shot, than a complete miss at ranges beyond 30 yards or so.   
; Taylor and I played with buck and ball loads in our pistols - THAT was a blast! I was using the Flinter .54 with .526" ball and 3 #1 buck with 40gr. 3F and Taylor was using a .595" ball and 3 #1's in his flint English pistol.  Shooting silhouettes at 12 to 15 yards was most enlightening.
; The rifled pistol (mine) put the ball in the centre of mass each time, with the balls striking outwards 4" from centre radially in a perfect pattern each time.  THIS would be a very good Self Defence load for a muzleloading pistol.(not that a .54 cal ball at 1,000fps isn't)

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