Just to add a few comments to what I've already written - my. Never having hunted elk or bear, I can't say, but I think I'd want a conical in a. 50 is nothing to sneeze at, and on broadside shots will go straight through a big whitetail and take the life out pretty quickly. Within 50-75 yards a good shooting roundball from a. Give a box of Ball-ets a chance if you really want something that is moderately conical. Neither shot was the fault of the gun's accuracy. The 110 class eight point that walked past at about 25 yards, on the other side of a prone old oak tree wouldn't stop for a grunt, so I followed, squeezed, and was so occupied focusing on the front sight that I missed the (vertical) three inch branch that suddenly grew between me and him. She was about 30 yards closer, but she was definitely across the line. She stood there speculatively, and then decided that she'd wander back across a posted line by the time I'd reloaded. Missed the only two shots I've had at deer, one at about 70 yards that hit an unseen branch, and having plowed through did not see fit to continue in a straight path. 85 grains of ffg was the first load, and at 2 1/2 inches for 3 shots at 50 yards, consistently, I saw no reason to change that. I've got one in 54 flintlock, and it shoots Buffalo Bullet Ball-ets like it was made for it.
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