Oldfarmer

You must be thinking of what Aussies use in Australian Rules (?!) Football. A "real" football is more "pointy" to allow more effective passing and to prevent such abominations as "the drop kick"! wink I suspect that a better choice might have been a tennis ball, since a ramrod "knob" the size of a baseball might be a bit cumbersome. (Besides, isn't speculating about the size of peoples' balls a bit personal?)

All that having been said, I still find your insights about ml shotguns to be "spot on". Since the Renaissance of classic breech loading double guns seems to be well under way, perhaps it might be time to consider rehabilitating the popularity and usefulness of the "front feeding" (from the German) varieties.