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I forgot to add that Dixie, although having a wide variety of BP guns and accessories, is fairly high priced if you can find the same thing from another source.

Bob

I basically started my shooting career with black powder weapons, although I shoot mostly modern guns today. I currently have a flintlock rifle in .54 caliber, and smoothbore musket in 12 ga. I also have a double rifle/shotgun in 16 ga. percussion. My pistol is a Hawkin replica with about a 10 inch barrel in .54 caliber, which should be similar shooting to the pistoll asked about by the original poster. I have fired this pistol with up to 90 grains of black powder, and the recoil does nopt even approach that of a modern pistol in one of the higher calibers; the recoil is more of a strong push than the sharp impact of a modern pistol. I agree with one of the previous posters that shooting BP can be a lot of fun, but it is more time consuming, both shooting and cleaning up afterwards.

Bob