Thanks for the answers in the help... I didn't even know that my father saved this gun for me until a couple years ago... The directions got lost a long time ago and I couldn't remember exactly what kind of black powder I was supposed to use... maybe one of these days I'll buy some in a little bit of ammo for it and go out and see if it still shoots... I know I had fun with it when I was a kid... I heard that they're pretty rare... I know they made him and other calibers but I know the 22 caliber is a hard to come by nowadays