SHOOTING BLACKPOWDER IS FAIRLY SIMPLE JUST KEEP IN MIND WHAT YOU ARE DOING.FIRST CLEAN YOUR NEW RIFLE WITH SOLVENT NOW WHAT IS YOUR PERFERENCE WITH POWDER PYRODEX SELECT OR BLACKPOWDER OR THE NEW TRIPLE 777 THEN YOU WILL NEED BULLETS YOU CAN GO WITH THE NEW POWERBELTS OR SABOT MY CHOICE ARE SABOTS MADE BY PERCISION 50 CAL RIFLE WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO. POWDER MEASURE GOOD STARTING POINT WOULD BE 90 GRAINS NO HIGHER THAN 120 GRAINS WITH LOOSE POWDER AND THEN CHOICE OF IGNITION 209 PRIMER NO # 11 CAPS MUSKET CAPS .YOU MUST SNAP A COUPLE OF CAPS OFF TO REMOVE ANY OIL LEFT IN BARREL THEN FOLLOWED BY A DRY PATCH THEN YOU MEASURE OUT YOUR POWDER 90 GRAINS TO START DUMP THAT DOWN THE BARREL YOU CAN TAP THE BREECH AREA TO SEAT THE POWDER THEN THE BULLET SABOTS NO SOLVENT AT ALL POWERBELTS SAME DRY LOAD BULLETS YOU WILL NEED A BULLET STARTER TO START THE BULLET DOWN THE BARREL THEN FINISH OFF WITH YOUR RAMROD YOU MUST SIT THE BULLET RIGHT ON TOP OF THE POWDER A FIRM STEADY PRESSURE A THEN A LITTLE MORE TO COMPRESS THE POWDER CHARGE MARK YOUR RAMROD SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW AS REFERENCE NEXT TIME YOU LOAD MORE POWDER WILL CHANGE THE MARK ON YOUR RAMROD PLACE CAP ON NIPPLE YOU ARE READY TO FIRE.AFTER THE SHOT SPIT PATCH FOLLOWED BY A DRY PATCH AND SO ON NEVER POUND THE BULLET TRYING TO SIT IN ON POWDER CHARGE NEVER LOOK OVER BARREL WHEN LOADING POWDER @ BULLET SAFTEY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT .FIRE THREE SHOTS AT A TIME YOU CAN INCREASE CHARGE BY 5 GRAINS AND SEE HOW YOU RIFLE SHOOTS.AFTER A DAY AT THE RANGE MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN YOU RIFLE WELL AND USE BLACKPOWDER SOLVENT OR SOAP IN WATER YOUR CHOICE RECOAT INSIDE OF BARREL WITH GUN OIL TO PERVENT RUST I USR TEFLONE PATCHES ALSO USE SOME TYPE OF NIPPLE GREASE ON NIPPLE THREADS.HOPE THIS HELPS GOOD LUCK I THINK IF YOU BY A T/C THEY HAVE A TAPE WITH INSTRUCTION THAT COMES WITH THE GUN