gun dreams

[Steve]

1858 is a good choice, they're cheap too. The Old Army is heavy, but extremely accurate. The manual states that you can fire as much powder and lead as you can fit in the cylinder, which makes for a very satisfying bang that remains accurate. The nitro conversions are limited to pipsqueak loads which may or may not be accurate in a particular gun, with black powder or a modern substitute you can find your own revolvers sweet spot.

It's a shame we can't easily have extra cylinders so that we could use both. You could of course also buy a long barrelled revolver and shoot metallic cartridges instead, personally I don't like them at all, I enjoy the whole loading / firing of the muzzle loaders, it's fun.