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Stoker:
I first read about it on the American longrifle forom .. It does a long history behind it.. In a lot of ways makes sense.. Compared to a golf ball but I believe predates it.. There was a thread on the forom and a fellow built a tumbler.. It was a stainless steel bowl mounted on about a 45' angle powered by a small motor and the roundballs slowly tumbled over each other producing dimples much like a golf ball..
Thanks Leroy

DC:
I wonder if originally they were just trying to get the ball to fit the barrel better and found that they shot better. I can't imagine that they were thinking about aerodynamics.

Spotted Dog:
paper cartridges were the norm for the military. Except matchlocks . They used the apostle gear.
They were ahead for their time. Just primitive to us.

Eric Krewson:
Great gun and getting all the parts from the Rifle Shop makes it really special according to what other folk have said about dealing with the place.

I have an Issac Hanes kit waiting in the wings that I bought off the Stickbow classified. Some guy bought it from Track, kept it a long time and realized he didn't have the skills to put it together. He traded it to another guy for some vintage bows, the other guy was a flintlock builder. I bought the kit from guy #2 for $650 shipped. Guy #2 told me he was a builder with more barrels and wood than he could ever get to in his lifetime so he sold the kit to raise a little cash.

This kit has the best of everything, Rice Barrel, Chambers lock, at least grade 5 wood and already has the buttplate and sights installed by Track. I totaled the kits parts on Tracks website and came up with $1100 conservatively, sometime you just get lucky.

Spotted Dog:
 I guess I have been fortunate. Every time I have got parts from them they had all I needed.
I had the parts for this one in 2 weeks.

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