A question for the Ballistics gurus

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Someone at deer camp had the audacity to ask the following question. Needless to say, he received no qualified answer but rather a slack jawed stare from everyone present... Your help in filling out the answer would be appreciated!

"A .50 calibre muzzleloader, loaded with 90-100 grains of blackpowder, behind a .44 calibre sabotted bullet is ballistically close to a ............. shotgun/rifle shooting a ............slug/bullet."
 
Due to bullet designs, powder choice, calibre, barrel length, etc, there is more of a range of calibres which a modern ML could equate to.

IMHO, the 45-70 Government w/ 300 grain bullet would fit your "fill in the blanks" statement.
 
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yorgi said:
Someone at deer camp had the audacity to ask the following question. Needless to say, he received no qualified answer but rather a slack jawed stare from everyone present... Your help in filling out the answer would be appreciated!

"A .50 calibre muzzleloader, loaded with 90-100 grains of blackpowder, behind a .44 calibre sabotted bullet is ballistically close to a ............. shotgun/rifle shooting a ............slug/bullet."
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Probably pretty accurate, as long as you dont get into BC, SD of the bullets and such. Trajectory is probably quite similar if your only shooting 90g's in the bp.
 
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