Been offered a 1888 model rod bayonet, (bits of this missing) apart from that the rifle is in nice condition, apart from a few knocks on the "trap" it looks like hammer marks or similar, this seems to have excess play in the open posisition and some in the closed position, due to age would expect play but how much is too much ?

I intend to shoot it (if I buy it), the bore is good but has some pitting, thing is I dont want to use Black powder, and have looked on line at various loads etc, the lee loading book has a few using modern powders, just wonder what others use if not using black powder ?
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