My First Black Powder Pistol

Uberti has some really nice repros. Decent price usually.
My Father has a Dragoon and a (I think) Navy Colt. The Dragoon's a heavy beast, but the Navy is nice, easier to handle. Both are .44's.
NO smokless powder unless you have a death wish, but pyrodex is fine if you don't want to use black powder.
 
It depends how often you shoot and your energy level. I vote Stainless steel.

Can you imagine the hassle of blued cutlery?I had a carbon steel chef's knife, and although it held a much better edge, it was almost always a little rusty.

I have two original black powder pistols, and I have to clean the rust regularly, even in the off-season.

Yup, I think that deep blueing is beautiful, but I like modern stainless for functionality; sometimes I get home from the range....frigging tired and I want to eat something and then have a lay down for an hour or two.

My musket cleans fast and easy but my cartridge pistols? A little slower, and I need to pay more attention to detail.
 
I've had no problems with rust and my blued 1851 Navy.

As said, no smokeless. Personally I don't use anything but FFFg black powder in mine. The black powder substitutes are harder to clean IMO. Last range session I ran 75 shots through without so much as swabbing the barrel.
 
BlackPowder and stainless seems to be missing the point like that Hybrid Cadillac Escalade. I can see it if you shoot all the time or live on the ocean but a nice bluing is beautiful and suits a old style firearm or knife. I actually just finished fileworking and bluing a Tomahawk tonight. Also unless it is considerably more expensive stainless steel is not as tough as carbon steel.

A little bit of patina adds character.

However for tropical conditions and especially if you are going to wear it close to your body ,stainless is a better choice.
 
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