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Sorry I told a lie !

I do have a Metford rifled barrel on my Webley 500 3"

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Then it was Alexander Henry Rifling which was a giant leap forward and lasted for several decades as the go to in BP cartridge rifles.

Then Metford rifling slowly took over from Alexander Henry...

After the belted ball the next big thing in mechanical rifling was the Whitworth hexagonal helical rifling.

The Whitworth is very cool.
I do have a Whitworth rifle, mould and was punched.
But...

Belted balls were a very early type of mechanically engaged rifling

The service rifle type was called Brunswick Rifling
It's circa 1840-50

Accuracy is ok for what it is and its age

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Looks like this

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Yeh vintage mobile phone
Vintage rifles

Bit of a theme

Yes I really do need a better phone / camera but always another rifle to spend money on

14 bore Dickson belted ball double rifle

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And this is where the magic happens
Belted ball rifling and very good bores for a pre 1850 BP rifle
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I really admire guys who persevere with flint and master it
I guess I'm just a bit too impatient and have so many guns I never really master any of them

I'm glad you're shooting .54 and .58 balls because that's good for deer and other game

.45 and .50 balls are a lot lighter due to diameter and not really up to ethical hunting.

My .72...