This shouldn’t be your go-to gun for concealed carry anyway. The conversion cylinder is plenty strong, being made of 4150 arsenal-grade steel but the handgun itself is only proofed for black powder, lead bullet loads. They specifically mention the possibility of cracking the forcing cone. Taylor’s states very clearly you should not use jacketed bullets or +P ammunition in this pistol because you might damage the gun. Speaking of cast bullets, a word of warning is in order. For accuracy, you want your cast bullets to match the groove diameter or be a few thousandths larger for a good gas seal and full engagement with the rifling. 45 Schofield whose bullet diameters typically fall in the 0.452″ to 0.455″ range. 44 1858 Remington is actually 0.452″, which makes it ideal for. Taylor’s offers these for all their cap & ball revolvers as well as the Ruger Old Army revolver. With no loading lever, this pistol just demands a conversion cylinder to allow it to fire metallic cartridges. Called “1858 The Ace” and sporting a 3″ barrel, Taylor’s pistol sports a slick finger-tip operated cylinder pin release installed where the loading lever originally went.
