The Parker-Hale 2-band rifles are wonderful. Workmanship as good as most originals.
I once had an original 2-band volunteer rifle by Isaac Hollis & Sons which I shot in N-SSA competition. I used the "old style" Lyman Minie bullet cast 1:50 tin-lead, with 50 grains of Curtis & Harveys 2Fg black powder and dip-lubricated the bullets with 2 parts of Crisco shortening to 1 part of beeswax.
I sold the rifle in 1968 and the proceeds paid for a year's tuition at Virginia Tech.
73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia