I sure like the caliber. I have only two, a trapdoor rifle and a carbine. I only use black powder in them and soft cast bullets. Groove diameters run about .462, so I have an ovrsized mould; works wonders.

When I got the carbine, it was a wreck: the firing pin was broken and the front part jammed in the hole in the breechblock. This may have accounted for the scorched wood around the receiver. The hammer was welded to the tumbler and I had to replace both. Surprisingly, the three-piece cleaning rod was still in the butt trap.

I actually have more 50-70s: an 1866 trapdoor, the one without a receiver (!), a Springfield rolling block, and a Sharps carbine relined. I use smokeless in the latter two. 'Punkin rollers' are fun.