[QUOTE=AlBur;5686693]Would welcome some advice.
Considering buying a BP Revolver. Leaning towards a Ruger Old Army in 0.45.
Good choice, providing that you can find one - there's a second-hand one in my local dealers, blued, for £595...you DO know that they have not been made for over three years?
However would welcome input from the forum members as to alternatives.
Sadly, if you want a .45, there are NO revolver alternatives, IF you have .45 on your ticket. Opinions differ, but some early ROA's - like mine - were correctly described as .44cal. Like ALL .44cal BP revolvers, they shoot a bullet that measures MORE than .44cal. As a result of this, they have latterly be re-assessed and named .45cal. For some reason that I cannot fathom, every other .44cal revolver on the market remains a .44...
What about these cylinders Bob Dunkley sells.
They seem to be easy enough to get, although they are, of course, an licenseable item - you can't just go ahead and try and buy one without it on your ticket.
What is the best powder to use.
Swiss is best, followed by Henry Krank's Fine pistol Powder - any FFg will be good - start at around 25gr and see how you get on, or take a minute and read the hundreds of posts on this subject, including the one above called 'loading tables'......
Is it okay to use lubed wads & no grease on the cylinders.
Not sure why anybody would want to use lubed wads on the cylinders, do you mean in the chambers? If so, Wonder-Wads [if you are rich] or make your own with a wad punch made from a suitable cartridge case and some kind of grease - I use TREX cooking fat for my rifles, but E45 [an emulsified skin cream-type stuff from Boots] on my handguns.. Again, read the many posts about using wads...
Where is the best place to buy caps,wads, balls & phials to pre measure powder before going to the range.
Your nearest dealer is probably Kranks, but you have to buy BP with two licenses and face-to-face, or you must stump up the HAZMAT handling charge.
As I noted, there are literally hundreds of posts on this forum about the very things that you are asking about, many of them on this same page. All you have to do is have a look around the site.
I'm assuming that you are in a gun club where BP handguns are shot? Ask your shooting buddies what THEY do.
tac