2= .454 balls
3= 17 to 20 grns by volumn should be sweet. always remember to take off 17% from BP volumns
4= wads are costly so I use filler, the only lube I use is to alox coat my balls.
5= a capper is nice but not essential.
6= I dont take the grips off every time. flip the cylinder out and put it in the sink, pour boiling water down the barel and let it flow over the cylinder, nylon bristle brush round the frame, dry it and spray with WD40. nipples out of cyl quick scrub, copperslip the nipples and put then back spray whole thing with WD40 and wrap it in a cloth for storage.
1= everyone will develop their own routine here. Quick look at the nipples to see they are clear, pour in pre measured powder from phials, I do all 6 chambers (but others do one at a time) a look down to see they are all the same so theres no double charges, pour in pre measured cous-cous to all six put on ball and seat it to a tad below front face of cylinder. put it in rack till I get to firing point. On firing point gun goes on table and barrel stays pointed in direction of target, put cap on each nipple keeping fingers well back from front of cylinder, there is always a temptation to push from the front to seat a cap but its very much a no no the thing is loaded and hot at this stage so nothing must be put in the way of danger.
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?” :- Prince Philip said after Dunblane