thank you, the muskets im looking at are military replicas bbl.lenghts run from 24-39 inchs . ill be shooting from 25 to 50 yds right now no hunting i have a BP rifle for that . im realy liking the carbines for ease of handling but want accuracy and wonder if the shorter 24" bbl. would be a mistake. the farthest ill ever shoot would probably be 75 yds. this is going to be just a range toy. but i would like some accuracy. thank you for any and all advise on this . TB9