robhof
I have a Thompson flinter and a cap lock both, have only taken deer with the cap lock, it has a GM sabot barrel with a fast twist, took my 1st B/P deer in Ky. with it at 135 paces. It was a bang, flop large doe! Took the flinter the 2nd year and spent the summer getting it to light consistently, on the actual hunt, saw a buck at 50yds and pulled the trigger to get a pfssst, no bang, the deer was polite enough to allow me to refill the primer pan, but left as I clicked the frizzen closed for the 2nd shot, shot fine at end of day! I use cap lock for hunting now!