.62 smoothbore as an all around gun?

[Compressorguy]

All I can say for a flint and smooth bore 20ga/.62 cal as an all round gun is YES and YES! It will serve you very well!

 

[8Ball]

Quite a different botanic here up north in Quebec but still a flint and smooth bore 20ga/.62 cal as an all round gun country!

 

[flconch53]

Quite a different botanic here up north in Quebec but still a flint and smooth bore 20ga/.62 cal as an all round gun country!

Nice French style gun

 

[Y2GREY]

All I can say for a flint and smooth bore 20ga/.62 cal as an all round gun is YES and YES! It will serve you very well!

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Love your smooth bore… I wonder why! Here’s a shot of my .62

 

[54ball]

I have been considering buying a Pedersoli indian trade musket and was wondering how both ball and shot patterned, there are times I'm out hunting and may be gone for several days and decide to hunt something else for a little while well at least if I had a gun to do it. I know that if you remove the ball you can load in some #4 shot and if patterns decent enough it'd be great for squirrel and rabbit, maybe even crows. Me and my dad are planning on going into a certain national forest we hunt often and we're planning on going in for about a week to squirrel and rabbit hunt in February, so I just want something that can be used for everything without buying a $2-3,000 sxs muzzleloading shotgun, I know this question/s was long but any experience in this would be greatly appreciated!

I would not buy a Pedersoli Indian Trade Musket.
The lock on this gun, the “Lott Lock” can be a problem and most of the time it requires work. Notice someone said it’s finicky. They do have a reputation of a troublesome lock.

From Pedersoli, the Brown Bess trade gun from Dixie is what I recommend.
https://www.dixiegunworks.com/index...ct_name/FR0600+Dixie+Brown+Bess+Trade+Gun+KitThis has the Bess Grice Lock and for Import lock, It’s fantastic. It goes boom.
It’s 11-12 bore, great for shot. Being a musket it’s good for ball. It’s a shorter gun, basically a Bess Carbine.
Yes it’s a kit but it’s a really simple one.
I would add rear sight., Mike Brooks has some great Carolina Gun rear sight castings from time to time.

You want a reliable, good quality lock.
Besides the Bess above.....
Jim Chambers offerings
Kibler Colonial in smoothbore
Clay Smith Trade guns
All above are offered as parts sets.

 

[TTT]

.62 Flinter! all day every day

 

[Commodore Swab]

How about a 62 rifle on a 28 inch swamped barrel?

 

[nuttbush]

I have a Jim Chambers .62 cal. Fowler which I had Mark Wheland put together for me. I love the balance
and feel of the gun. It also can shoot shot or ball, a good combination. It is my go to flintlock.