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[Steve]

The ROA is very heavy, but very strong. You cannot blow it up with black powder, and even with a high energy substitute like 777 you would be unlucky to damage it. Ballistics are way past 45ACP, standard they can be loaded past 357 and when the yanks have the cylinders bored deeper the approach 41mag.

There is a nitro conversion available here for £75 that replaces the standard nipples with a cup that takes shotgun primers, you load 4 or 5 grains of nitro and a normal ball. This is much lower power than standard BP or substitute loads but has some advantage for weatherproofing. It also makes much less smoke. The website makes no mention of altering the hammer, which is flat faced, so you can convert the gun back very easily.

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Incidentally, search for paper cartridges for BP revolvers. Basically a cigarette paper formed into a tube and glued to the base of a bullet, it makes a reload quicker.