I'd say the Frontier is the better choice of the two.
The Pedersoli Frontier aka the Cabela's Blue Ridge Hunter
https://www.cabelas.com/product/Pedersoli-Blue-Ridge-Flintlock-Rifles/1608552.uts?slotId=1 is a good, production long rifle, although Cabela's does not offer theirs in .45. The Frontier (imho) shines the brightest in it's .54 caliber version, with it's slow twist barrel. That's plenty of umph for large game even including elk.
There are some drawbacks to the rifle, which are minor problems, and most of those are merely cosmetic.
For function concerns....., the large lock is robust and durable, however it is held in place with a singe lock bolt, which isn't a problem. However, I suppose the guys at Pedersoli thought it might be a problem so there is an additional wood screw used to hold the lock in place just forward of the frizzen spring-bend (in both the Frontier and the Pennsylvania rifle [iirc] ), and you must be gentle when removing the lock for cleaning. The barrel has a
patent-breech http://mamaflinter.tripod.com/id13.html meaning there is a smaller chamber in the breech, so especially with the .45 caliber model, you will need to have a cleaning rod with a .22 - .32 brush to keep that chamber free of carbon, and pipe cleaners for the touch-hole help too. The rear sight is buckhorn, and the front sight is super wide. To get the most out of accuracy, I had to replace both front and rear sights and used a thin, silver, front sight post. She was so accurate after that, I won a couple of matches with her after swapping out the sights. The barrel is held in place by screws that go through the ramrod thimbles into the underside of the barrel, using the ramrod thimbles as a sort of hidden "washer". The barrels have been known to come from the factory with very sharp edges on the lands, and so are known to cut patches. You may have to polish the barrel a little bit to fix that...which is easy to do. Pedersoli ramrods are notorious for being cheap POS's, so plan on replacing that right away.
Cosmetically...., the lock is color case hardened. The stock is the wrong shape, the ramrod thimbles are not correct, it has a rear, buckhorn site, and no patch box on the plain model, and no nose cap.
SO WHAT?
I have found that the rifle functioned well, shot well, and..., funny how one can overlook any "short comings" when you place well in a match or down a deer with whatever rifle you have.
You won't be turned away from a living history event for using one right "out of the box" either.
So there you have it....,
LD
