Why, you sound like a pro already RG! The very oldest Rugers may not have had transfer bars but mine did. And yes, as a matter of fact, you will need a variety of single actions to truly appreciate them! As something of an expert on duffer pistolcraft and out-house revolverology I would recommend the cap n' ball as the funnest of all the revolvers. I cast my own bullets, and even made my own holster and bowie to match the gun:
Mine is a Uberti and the only reason I went that way was that the black powder geeks on Claude's forum
seemed to favour them over the Piettas. (They fought bitterly about that - but that seemed to be the majority consensus at the time). Mine was beautiful to look at and a darned fine shooter to boot. The first thing you do with any Italian repro is pull the percussion nipples off, throw them in the garbage - and order in bronze alloy replacements from Buffalo Arms or Track Of The Wolf. The second thing ya do is get a bullet mold. The fun never stops with percussion guns: you can shoot all afternoon for ten bucks, and if the weather's crappy you can go cast lead, or do your own gun and knife work for them as I did for nice winter projects to keep your hands busy. I love them because on the range they are deadly accurate at reasonable ranges, and they stink to hell and the barrels heat up to hotter n' blazes! It takes some futzing around to get them to shoot but that is also cheap entertainment too.
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