Jon...

I still don't understand why T/C went with a 1:38 twist in that .58 Firestorm rifle... they could have made those barrels with a slow twist, but it does shoot a good group with patched round balls. It has a simple striker design with #11 ignition and it never failed during any of my shooting sessions with it. The only downfall is that it doesn't have a removable breech plug and has to be flushed if you really want to make sure it's thoroughly clean. I usually swabbed the bore good then plugged the #11 nipple and poured in some good BP cleaner like Butch's and let that stand for awhile at the breech then used a flushing nipple afterward with so I didn't have to remove the scope etc.

BPS