I have never owed one of those but they are neat little rifles The barrel is 11/16 across the flats, which make it extremely light weight and easy to handle. It is designed for a patched round ball. It will be a dandy little rifle for small game and plinking. Also it will not break you to shoot it. You should get about 300- 450 shots per pound of powder. I have a 32 cal flint rifle that I built in the 1980s and it will clean a squirrel's sinuses out.