Success! Load was 30 grains of Olde Eynsford 3F with CCI #11 caps. A couple caps fell off the first go round, pinched on afterwards with no issues. We put 4 cylinders worth through it, and unlike my other BP handguns, it did not start to feel like it was crunching up at all. Mechanism stayed smooth. I haven't shot a big bore revolver in some time - have the most curious little blood blister on my trigger finger...
So, my son, (shooting his Kit Carson that LAGS rebuilt for him - we were in a black powder frame of mind!), and I arrived on the line and set up.
Cleared the nipples and loaded up for work. Target a standard B-27 set up at 16 paces. I knew BP revolvers tend to shoot high, so I wanted a big target. I wasn't wrong.
So, I added an aiming point.
Not bad.
The son was off playing with his rifle...
But he wanted to try this one, too. Keep in mind, he has never shot a revolver in his life, and certainly never a black powder short gun. Notice the semi auto grip - I didn't even notice until now.
How did he do? Little rassel fratzing rassal fratzer!
No binding, no huge mess, had a few caps jam up, but all in all, it was quite pleasant and easy to use. Some of the first caps fell off - a quick light pinch and we were off to the races.
Me happy.