I don't believe the 000 buck would retain enough energy to kill a buck at 70 yards - could be wrong. I shot a lot of black powder muzzle loading RB - it's easy to get air pockets, more so in the bigger RB's. You can eliminate a lot of this by having a cut off sprue plate on top of the mold about 3/8" thick. The weight of the lead in the plate weighs down on the lead in the mold and pushes out any air pockets. The neighbor showed me this trick. I made thicker plates for all my molds. I don't believe the mold Charlie got from overseas has a plate - at least mine didn't for my .68 cal. rifle. It's made of brass and round so it would be hard to add a cut off. For this reason I would weigh all my RB's - you'll fine some with air pockets. When I shot the Tradegun matches [ flintlock, smooth bore with no rear sight ] past 50 yards was getting iffy. You may have to limit yourself to a closer shot for a sure kill. Couple of years back I got a nice big doe at about 20 yards with a 12ga smooth bore Matchlock I had made myself. They are a PITA to hunt with trying to keep the wick burning at the proper length. It dropped in it's tracks. I used a .715 RB. The only sights was a shotgun bead on the front. Good luck.
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