I must agree with Tinker on the rewards. Beating the cap shooters with a flint rifle - or shotgun on birds, is a VERY special - FUN reward. It gets even better with the telling, of course.

As to accuracy in a blunderbus, ie: short barreled, sometimes only 18", in large calibres - usually .730" to .770", ie: 12 to 10 bore, sometiems larger yet, with an enlarging muzzle to aid loading on horseback, in a moving carriage or pitching ship's rigging, barrels smooth, no rifling, no sights, except for perhaps a bead of blade raised on the 'bell? Acuracy is non-existant. These guns are best with multiple projectiles and were not meant to use a single ball. A 'small' handful of .45 lead balls, ie: 1/2 dozen, more if smaller, would destroy a bad guys day, if he were the recipient. Blunderbus' today, are a FUN gun. In utility, not not any particular use - probably, but FUN to play with.

Then we come to flint shotguns, rifles and handguns - that's were better accuracy at longer ranges use comes from. Many of us shoot flint smoothbores, with a solid ball on our trail walk. It is very gratifying to consistantly strike a 12" diameter steel plate at 100 yards, offhand, with a rifle, let alone a smoothbore. We've several shooters who do this - with .54 cal. to 12 bore smoothbores
with solid ball and rifles from .32 to .69 in calibre.

If an original antique gun, this blunderbus may or may not be safe to shoot.