I ran across a 1889 Colt SAA in 44-40. It is a black powder frame and seems to have had a replacement barrel at some point in time. There is the usual amount of Colt SAA endshake, but nothing distracting or out of the ordinary. Timing is near perfect. I have not examined the cylinder throats or forcing cone other than a quick once over
I hope a few real SAA experts might chime in to offer some advise. Do you folks feel it would be OK to create some mousefart to medium level smokeless loads without worry?
I don't much care for shooting black powder. If you all warn against doing, I would still consider the purchase and factory load some BP rounds.