thanks for all your help. i have sent my buddy a link to this site/thread so he can read it for himself. no worries about me going all "girly-girl" about BP. i understand the chemisrty, although i do like to use murphy's oil soap for BP and corrosive primed ammo. as far as a post clean oil...

i looked over at bufflo arms, and they had 3 types of ammo to feed it, 1 black powder, and 2 smokeless - 1 of which said "not intended for antique firearms", so is this a BP load, or a smokeless ? dumb queston i know. i'll see if i can get the serial # from him as i stated, it's a buddy's ...

i have a gen 1 fastfire on both a ruger 10/22 and a browning buckmark pistol ... they work well. it's a bit more $ then a sightmark clone, but worth it IMHO

this is my first post here, and i hope that someone can help. http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w32/sinsir944/winchester-1.jpg Winchester's Repeating Arms,Hew Haven CT Patenend March 29,1865-October 26,1850 -40-60 Model 1876-53808 with an octagon barrel. assume I know nothing .... well because I do...