Actually, a lot of Hall's barrels didn't have rear cutouts. He fashioned a vast majority of barrels for competition shooters and hunters that preferred peep sites. I wish I hadn't gotten out of muzzleloading for all those years. People like Hall were few and far between as were many of the people you meet at events like Friendship and such. Maybe one day I'll get heavy back into it but my "one day's" are getting shorter by the minute.