The Balls are a smokeless icon in some minds... not mine.... not until I find out what they did for the blackpowder users like me. If all they did prior to smokeless was produce fancy MLs, that's not of interest of me. As far as I'm concerned, they've contributed havoc on the ML sport rules & regulations... wrecking havoc by creating a bigger split on traditionalists vs modern muzzleloading entusiasts. On top of all that, their contributions will eventually/may already have created ML policy action by individual states that mandates larger restrictions using either smokeless or regular blackpowder.

I have no problems with almost any technology advances in our society... but I do have a probklem with people trying to industrialize a traditionalist game of hunting that dates back over two centuries ago into hunting game with 2005 hi-tech MLs having identical speeds & energy already found on cartridge rifles.

We already had single-shot rifles & shotguns. There was no need/want to introduce a third party with a manufactured product idea stolen from traditionalists & modern MLers.

I'm done early on this thread. I said my piece - how I feel. I'll avoid the pros & cons of putting the Balls on a higher ML pedestal until I find out their contributions to the blackpowder-only sidelocks/inlines non-smokeless industry.