Nick, I know Tarmo. I´ll go show him this pistol some day so he can check that it is in good working order.
Then when weather gets better we can go test fire the pistol a bit. Tarmo told me about that Manton delivery project.

btw, what diameter patch is normally used for .45 cal pistol?
I ordered a punch from china to make patches for Hege Siber (.330) but those are too small for .45 cal.

Found loading data for this pistol from Pedersoli website.
28gr nominal, 40gr max load
0.464" ball & 0.010" patch
0.464" ball + 2 * 0.010" patch -> 0.484"
I have .457 mould so that should require a 0.0135" thick patch..