I bought a early Christmas present this year in the form of a .50 cal Lyman Great Plains Flintlock..Did some load development and found a load shooting 1-2" at 50 yards. That's the best I can see with open sights any longer..lol..Well after educating every coyote on the east side of the state, I was able to connect this a.m. First stand right at shooting light I could just make out my front sight. I started calling and two coyotes ran in. I was able to stop one with a verbal bark at around 50 yards. I pulled the trigger and that flash in the pan combined with the black powder created quite the cloud. I could'nt see a thing. I walked over to where the yote was standing and nothing. After a quick 5 minute search I found it laying about 25 yards. I was shooting a patched round ball and the entry and exit holes were quite large. I killed a yote in October with my .54cal round ball and it was quite a large exit wound too. Well I skinned it out on the spot and have it on a stretcher as we speak. It's been quite a fun predator season running around the hills with that flinter. Hopefully there will be a article on my entire season in a upcoming Muzzle blast magazine
