Smoothbore Pistol ?

[Curmudgeon74]

I have been wanting a .62 cal smoothbore flintlock pistol for a while now.

Anybody have any expierence's with the smoothbore pistols & how's the accuracy ?

 

[David Teague]

Great at close range...

Smoothbore, ya know. Starts dropping off after 10 yards or so.

 

[Many Klatch]

I have a pair of them that are fun to shoot. I can hit almost anything at 10 to 15 feet especially if I use buck and ball or buckshot.

Don't get one for target shooting, you will be really disappointed. However, they are a lot of fun to shoot and will really tear up a stump or a large target with buckshot and 35 grains of 2F.

Many Klatch

 

[wulf]

I have two, one a Miquelet and the other a French
#9. The miquelet will hit or come close to a pill
bottle at approx 25 yrs. The #9 needs the sight
moved a bit to the right...both very deadly at
that distance..I never tried further but now i
think I will...Also because I don't put them on
a paper I don't worry about grouping...but these
pill bottles are about three inches tall and two
inches wide...I have posted pictures of the Miquelet....or I should say Widget did for me.

 

[Mike M.]

Accuracy is beter than you might think. A good smoothbore will hold a 2-inch group at 25 yards. The problem is finding a good gun. BTW, smaller bores will shoot more accurately. Most flintlock duelling pistols ran .55 or less.

 

[Celt5494]

They can be more accurate that you might think. At 25 yeards mine puts the lead on target each time and I have no sights on it. One of these days I'm going to start setting targets out in 5 yard incriments to see just how far out I can accurately hit what I'm aiming at.

 

[wmaser]

I built two smoothbore .62 caliber dragoon pistols and each one can hit a man size target pretty reliably at 25 yards. Beyond that don't expect to hit much.

 

[brubincam]

-----a fat man or skinny man ?-----

 

[wmaser]

A stupid man, standing still.

 

[mazo kid]

A stupid man, standing still.

LOL!! :rotf: :rotf: