I had a flintlock.
One day at a friendly competition, after many and many friendly competitions yielding the same sad results.......I decided to wrap that non firing custom bastard around a tree with a single swing gripped from the muzzle. Fortunately a friend stopped me, made and offer on that Custom made siler/greenmountain/davis/lotsa curl maple/made by a nationally known gunsmith, way too expensive Piece of Shit and bought it from me for a good to me price.
He never got that Fxcker to fire reliably either! HA! That'll teach him! He said he couldn't be my friend anymore cause of that jinxed beauty of a devils ass hole rifle.
Both of us now shoot percussion and are quite satisfied. We even stayed friends having discovered percussion caps are like primers.....reliable as all hell. And..... I haven't been in the position of needing a "Rifle Rescue Purchase" in nearly 30 years!. Fxck A Flintlock!!!!!!!!!!!