Got a new toy to play with....

[John Boy]

Harry, let's move one with your mystery cylinder throats ... clean the nipples in mineral solvent, coat the threads with anti-sieve. Go to the hardware store and buy a nipple bit or just make one the wrench out of a screw driver. Load 5 cylinders with 35gr FFFg powder - a lubed felt wad (0.090 soaked in crisco) - seat a pure lead 457 RB - seat the proper size cap - go to the range and shoot the darn ASM instead of talking about it. Put up 25 yd targets, take pictures and come back with your excellent groups.
Cap & Ball Percussion revolvers are not like designing the Space Shuttle. There are a few articles here if you want to read them for C&B's ...
http://www.theopenrange.net/forum/index.php?board=31.0

Good Luck and Enjoy!

[Battis]

I'd also take it to the range and shoot it but in a different way - one chamber at a time until I found out why there are 3 out of 6 roundballs unaccounted for. If the .454s loaded hard, the .457s will be worse and you might bend or break the loading lever.