So this past weekend I braved the calf deep snow and took my recently acquired rifle to try it out for the first time. I would have to guess it hadn't been fired in decades by the grease I cleaned from the barrel. I found that it was way more fun than I expected. I was shooting from a benchrest. I think it would have been more of a chore freehanded due to its weight. It was very acute at 100yrds probably more than my newer rifles. It was quite a conversation starter also with the Glock crowd there shooting due to the black powder smoke. I was using Ammo I got from Buffalo arms co. It was made from starline 50-110 brass and the only complaint was the rim of the case was a few thou too big and sometimes would hang up in the mag tube. I trimmed about 010 off the od in the lathe(ya I know) and they functioned fine. I also tried out my 1891 ARG for the first time but that was a fail because it wouldn't strip rounds from the mag. After monkeying around with it that nite , I think the mag wasn't locked into place fully so thankfully it was a minor thing ...All in all a good way to waste an afternoon...