TBONE, I dunno if it is or it isn't, but a guy on another forum says it is indeed 1-66 twist.
Rumor has it that this particular rifle is an Austin & Hallek (sp?) that Traditions either bought up the old stock including returns (which could explain the "seconds") or is getting them from the same maker that A&H was. Also, according to someone who appears to know, the issue with the A&H version was the quality of the stock (subpar wood that breaks, inletting job that causes the stock to break, that kind of thing). Apparently the metal was good enough, fitting might not be so good.
I have seen pictures of Lymans that don't live up to their hype, TC's that don't match what they should, nearly every maker I would think should be decent enough. If it isn't what I expect it to be I will report that.
Understand that I am not what I would call a Traditions fan. I knew when I bought the one I own now that it wasn't a high quality low price firearm. I bought what I bought because I wanted to try the flintlock thing to see if I would like it. I have heard all sorts of bad things about them BUT mine seems to work as it should, couple guys I know of have had to do some work on theirs to make them work (replace/tune locks, harden frizzen, one guy had to rework the ignition path to make it work like he wanted). I dunno maybe I don't know any better and mine doesn't work as well as I think. BUT I do know that this rifle appears a heck of alot better than anything else I could get for twice the cost.