Did you receive any loading supplies or accessories with it?
There's some info. to learn before firing C&B revolvers.
Such as how to clean them and take them apart.
Some models can require more fiddling and gun smithing skills than others.
Some individual guns may have cap jams during firing from cap fragments while others may not have any cap jams at all.
There are modifications and solutions for just about every potential problem.
You'll never know how smoothly things will go until you try it out.
With most C&B models, loading can be slow and the sights can shoot high until they're adjusted or replaced.
Some supplies and accessories are needed, but aren't absolutely necessary just to try the gun out.
There's some options about loading & cleaning, and advice can be confusing, contradictory and biased one way or another about how you should do things.
There's a lot of youtube videos that can teach a lot, but you may need to watch a bunch of them to find ones that you like.
It's good if you have a friend who that has some familiarity that will help to get you started.
Duelist1954 has some of the best C&B revolver videos on youtube and he's made very many.
This link is his youtube channel page.--->>>
https://www.youtube.com/user/duelist1954
Here's a video about the Pietta 1860.
If part a video gets too boring then skip through it and look for another one.
Some are more about shooting while others are more instructive.
There's getting everything together that's needed to shoot.
A person usually always needs to learn how to clean the gun properly after every shooting session.
It's necessary or else the gun can rust. and nipples can get frozen if the threads aren't greased.
But if you're well prepared and try it and like it, then you'll probably be glad that you did.
Some folks like shooting them better than cartridge guns, but it's also more time consuming with more cleaning and prep. work, more supplies and accessories.
Others may think that it's a headache, and can be little bit dirty.
Some guns are capable of being very accurate, but they can also be hard to shoot accurately depending on how far away the target is and what your expectations are.
I think of C&B's as being combat guns with the possibility that some guns will shoot more accurately than others, and some shots can be more accurate than others.
Sometimes there's a lot of randomness to it.
And it won't always be the fault of the shooter, but sometimes just due to quirks with the gun, chambers, the loads or the sights.
But C&B's slow down the rate of shooting, and allow a person to customize their load and occupy some time by making smoke and some good shots at moderate distances.
And then you decide how much that you like it or not.
Here's the Uberti black powder revolver manual: --->>>
https://www.uberti-usa.com/sites/default/files/originals/product-manuals/black_powder_revolvers.pdf
Here's the Traditions black powder revolver manual for Pietta: --->>>
https://www.traditionsfirearms.com/data/product_owner_manuals/BPRevolver_manual_1362674422.pdf
