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Old August 11, 2004, 01:36 PM   #9
RobW
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Join Date: December 15, 2000
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What you need in my opinion:

Round balls, 0.375 for .36 cal revolver, 0.454 for .44 cal revolver.
Goex FFFg or Pyrodex P powder
Ox-yoke Wonder-Wads
Percussion caps #11 or 10 (depends on what the revolver-manufacturer suggests)
Powder flask and/or measure
Nipple-pick
Gunsmith screwdriver-set
Kleenbore pistol-cleaning kit
Muzzleloading book

Loading sequence:

1) pour recommended abount of powder into each chamber (leave 1 chamber empty if you don't shoot right away)
2) seat a wonder-wad with the rammer onto the powder
3) seat a round ball with the rammer FIRM on the wad/powder making sure that there is NO GAP between ball and wad/powder
4) put caps on the nipples, pointing the muzzle DOWNRANGE

After a session, you have to clean the iron with hot water (just do a search for the procedure here on the forum). After 2 or 3 sessions, you have to disassemble the whole wheelgun and clean all the innards (here come the screwdrivers into play).

Best idea in my mind is always to get a book (or more) about the topic to learn what I'm going into.
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