Smoothbore Flintlock

[Adam Helmer]

Tioga Flinter,

Welcome to the Forum, if I did not so say in the past.

In Massachussets, one must use a smoothbore barrel to hunt deer with patched roundball. That is how I bought my used .45 caliber rifled flinter T/C Hawken that came with the smooth .50 caliber barrel. I have .50 caliber Wonder Wads and like the 80 grains of 2F Goex and the same charger setting for shot for small game here in Richmond Township.

With the .62 caliber, you may be able to use 20 gauge plastic wads for your load development. The Lyman Black Powder Handbook discusses shotgun load development in smoothbores using modern plastic wads.

Adam