Mr W martin, thanks for your thoughts. It is a beautifully made gun in all respects. I am ready to start loading some pinfire shells for it, and maybe use the cartridge carrying case which is made for pinfires. The original pins shown for the cartridges are fun. They are contoured for some reason. Maybe the contour helps detonation. I have been using brass escutcheon pins and found the heads on those pins to be quite helpful while reloading.

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