>>256970362 cal smoothbore fusil and/or a 75cal brownbess.
You can shoot shot, buck and ball or round ball. Accuracy after 75-100 yards is questionable however but versatility is best.
The 62 is equivalent to a 20guage shotgun bore diameter while the 72 is closer to 12 guage. A pound of blackpowder is like $30 and I get well over 100 shots out of that pound and lead for balls I scrounge from lead wheel weights, car batteries, and old lead pipe. Its cheap.
Nobody questions you when you are wearing buckskins, and dressed like it 1790. That and an old blackpowder gun seems far less intimidating. Or if they do they are curious about your set up and history.
