It's been my experience with numerous bad guys, they scanned the area for armed patrons, neutralized said persons, and do the deeds that they came in to do. Open carry can and often does, increase the size of target on the back of your shirt.
Finished my supper of Spanish rice, chicken, black beans and corn! Now contemplating going to bed and just what time and how much rotton TV I'm going to tolerate...
One other thing, make sure you always use SPG lube with black powder. It helps tremendously to keep the fouling soft and easy to push out, and cleaning is easier.
It was better than smokeless! A ton of fun!
But there's much to do with patching after every shot, shooting of cross sticks, I loved my Sharps because of the set trigger. I used a Lyman 310 tong tool to load with, rather than the regular presses.
I cast and reloaded the 45/70 for black powder rifle silhouette, many years ago. I used a 525 Lyman and went to Seaco 540 later. I got good accuracy from both out of the REM rolling block and 32 inch barrel. I never used smokeless powder because it wasn't much more difficult for black. I indexed...