Just add caps (good luck finding them), powder and your ready to shoot. This is a great kit for the price. I like it and thats what counts. The pistol is very well made and accessories are very good quality.

So far I'm very pleased with the kit. The accessories are better quality than I expected and the pistol appears very well made, though I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. The powder flask seems very well made. I didn't see a marking telling me how many grain the included spout contained, but I may have missed it. The cleaning kit, powder measure and everything else are all very nice. Just a couple of things, the gun needed to be cleaned inside and out. There was some residue of the milling inside the barrel and trigger mechanism but it cleaned out just fine. And of course that plastic packaging... I tried two different can openers, tin snips, scissors and garden shears trying to get into it without damaging any of the contents. Slow and steady with a tile knife did the trick but it would be nice if the packaging were a bit more consumer friendly.

Ive had mine for about a year now and although it is a lower end model and I've had to replace the cylinder finger spring and the cylinder lock and trigger spring, I still have no regrets what so ever in purchasing it.

Now, you're probably wondering why I still gave it 5 stars even though it broke on me twice... Well, not only is it a blast to shoot but because of the spring replacements that I've done my self, it has taught me a lot about the gun and its history, assuming that it's as close to the original 1851 as possible. With all my guns, I always take them apart and try to get familiar with its internals. I like knowing how things work.

Not only am I impressed with the gun it's self, but the kit that came with it was great. It's an awesome starter pack to get someone interested in black powder firearms as well as get them intrigued by its history and how far we have actually come in the firearms world. It certainly got me hooked!!

Overall, everything is decent for the price and a great starting point for noobs. My only complaints are these: (1) the nipples were on very tight and the nipple wrench was so weak that it broke on its first use so I had to get a better one. Also, (2) the wedge holding the gun together was near impossible to get out without a metal hammer. Not sure who decided jamming it into the gun extra hard was a good idea. I now use only finger pressure to seat the wedge and have had no further issues with it. If I had to give a recommendation, I would just buy the gun on its own and then get your own third-party paraphernalia, particularly a high-quality nipple wrench, a comprehensive cleaning kit, and a universal capper as straight cappers are not the best.