The only thing I do not like about this revolver is the fact that my local indoor range will not let me shoot black powder or Pyrodex. The fit and finish are excellent and the bright stainless steel finish with synthetic ivory grips is a snap to clean using Hoppes "#9 Plus" for black powder. This is my first black powder cap & ball revolver, so to make loading easier I used Speer .457 144 gr. lead balls, Wonder wads, Pyrodex 45/30 pellets, and capped these off with CCI #11 caps. These loads give about 800 fps, but prints 6” low at 25 yards. The only accessory I recommend getting and a must have, is a good quality “CAPPER” made for #11 caps as the cylinder nipples are deeply recessed and a tad hard to get caps on if you have butter fingers. Based on my experience with Cowboy loads and a R&D conversion cylinder I’m fairly certain that this particular ROA will shoot 220gr Lee Conicals to point of aim with black powder. At the last local gun show I bought a box of custom cast Lee Conicals in pure lead to experiment with but have not made it to the outdoor range with them yet. I may have to switch to loose powder, since I’m not sure if the conical will seat deep enough over a Pyrodex pellet. As mentioned, I also have a stainless steel R&D 45 Colt conversion cylinder that closely matches the polished stainless of the Shortly Old Army, that allows me to use this revolver at my local indoor range. Using my own Cowboy reloads of 8 gr of Unique under a 255 gr LSWC with a WLP primer this revolver shoots to point of aim at 15 yards, the max distance of my local indoor range. It is just as accurate as my Ruger Blackhawk Convertible shooting the same load. As a side note. The BH Convertible shoots to the same point of aim with Winchester 45 ACP White Box, when the 45 ACP cylider is installed. In the BH the 45 ACPs are like shooting 38 Special wad cutters in my GP-100.