I think I've seen a picture of one before, but I'm still going to say rare.
Edit: I take that back. I cannot vouch for having seen one before. And still gonna stick with rare.
Another neat find by bumblebee. Is this new info? (It's new to me.)
From Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. VI, No. I, December 1892, p. 81
http://books.google.com/books?id=kxIAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q&f=false
I doubt the people who made them envisioned them for regular shooting.
Marble King bags sometimes had "shooters" which were barely bigger than regular size. The packaging would say there was a shooter in every bag but you'd have to look hard to find the one which was slightly larger than the rest.
very cute
You've made me miss Nick. The last time I remember seeing it, Dick Van Dyke was the chairman of the board ... or some such honorary title for the purpose of amusing advertisements.