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The bare essentials: 1) powder/caps/balls/wads or lube if you want (recommended) 2) a powder measure 3) a powder flask (having a pound of powder open at the range is not a good idea) 4) a rag (for field stripping while shooting--Remmies tend to foul pretty quick) 5) natural lube (like...

Read "Sherman's Horsemen" http://www.amazon.com/Shermans-Horsemen-Cavalry-Operations-Campaign/dp/0253329639 It is a great account of the Union cavalry raids during the Atlanta campaign, and backs up those who have said that the strength of cavalry is in repeating (or at least breech loading)...

I bought a 20x20 howdah in October, just about the time my new baby showed up, so my first trip out with it will be on the 13th. Well, as I do w/ my BP revolvers I decided I should take the thing apart to see how it ticks before going out, lube it up, satisfy my manly urge to disassemble things...

well, not to be a wet blanket, but keep that old hand. When the handspring on my Uberti 1860 broke I had to file the new hand down. It was useful to have the old one to compare to. --T

Trigger Hippy I've also heard of people cutting surgical tubing into little cap sized bits and sliding them over the caps on the nipples to hold them in place. --T

Just ordered my 20x20 I called up Cherry's this morning and ordered my Howdah. I've been drooling over those things since they first came out, but was in school with low income until a couple months ago. New job = new toy! The wife is due to deliver our first son in just a few more weeks, so...

love my uberti Bought an Uberti 1860 about four years ago. I take good care of it, screw around quickdrawing w/ the nipples out, and have put about 1300 balls down range. I have replaced a broken handspring and reattached the barrel stud (the bit that holds the loading lever in place). It's...

I take my 1860 Colt (Uberti) down each time, scrub everything with a toothbrush and soapy water, take Q-tips and black powder solvent to the nipple recesses and chambers, patches w/ solvent down the bore, hit all the moving parts w/ CLP and reassemble. About four years and 1300 rounds with that...

I've also had my eye on one of the 20x20 howdah's with round ball in mind. I wrote to Pedersoli and they recommended .614 with 28g of FFF behind it. Having read that great range report, tho, I'm likely to go with the experience of trusty comrades. --T

Non-replica What about percussion pistols that are not replicas of a particular historic model (such as Pedersoli's Howdah for example)? http://www.davide-pedersoli.com/default.aspx?item=ArmiCategoriaDettaglio&CategoriaId=129&lang=en --T

I think the longest I've ever been able to leave my Colt loaded before emptying it again is 4.69 seconds. --T