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hanshi:
I've fired a good amount of buckshot in modern guns and in ML shotguns.  What I've learned about it is that across the room or over a card table it works okay - but I'm talking feet not yards.  At 25 yards a animate target stands an excellent chance of escaping unharmed.  In any hunting situation it's only the very unlucky critters that might catch a ball. 

For any Revolutionary era formation of soldiers buckshot will hit a few.  For deer it's a wounder, not a reliable killer. 

Daryl:
The whole idea of the buck and ball as well as the buckshot "ctgs" in the musket era in the US of A, was to increase "hits", IE: wounding.
My cousin back in Ontario tried buckshot for deer in his back yard, but soon switched to slugs as all he was able to do with buckshot was
 wound the deer. He was using a choked gun, as well.

tim crowe:
OO buck worked well for us in the jungle with black powder, on plenty of deer, tapir, caiman, & wild hog. Full chokes or modified barrels. We did experiment using square loads.

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