I certainly don't want to make this thread "go sideways" but comments have been made about brass framed revolvers so I'll say... The first cap-n-ball revolver I ever bought, and I still have it, is an 1860 Colt Army with a brass frame that I bought new in 1973. I bought the gun, round balls, caps, lube, and powder, all at a local shop. I paid $75 for the package. He didn't have a powder measure, which I later bought elsewhere, but he gave me an empty brass cartridge, and I can't remember the caliber, seems like a .32 or .38 of some kind, that he said was the recommended, 15g I believe. Although I have enjoyed shooting the gun these 50+ years I bought the bag of the proper size balls with the gun, 100 in the bag I believe, and have not yet used them all so it has been shot less than 100 times. I now have a few other cap-n-ball revolvers, and a bunch of rifles the old Colt is pretty much retired. The 1860 Colt is the only brass framed one in my collection. A couple of years after buying the gun I picked up an extra cylinder, including nipples at a local gun show, at Boone NC, and paid $8.00 fit it.
