WaddWatsonEllis: You said "Kind of a shame not to compete with them ... maybe I might when I get to know a little more about 'The Dark Side"...."
There is so little to know and it is so much fun, I wouldn't wait to learn anything.
Complete shooting instructions.
1/ Pour in about 25 grains or thereabouts of BP (2f, 3f),
2/ push in a lubed wad ***
3/ push a ball down on top of wad and powder
4/ push on cap.
5/ Shoot
*** {if you are fearful of chain fire (and in this day and age it is probably the guy next to you that will sue you) and/or going to shoot multiple cylinders in a match add the procedure of placing a lubed wad (wonder wads or cheaper versions are readily available or make your own using someones felt hat left behind at the last match) over the powder before you shove the ball down}
Complete cleaning instruction.
1/ Take to kitchen sink and turn on hot water tap,
2/ take out cylinder and hose well under water (probably should take out nipples and clean separately if you have the time, (I dump mine in a little cap of 90% -OH),
3/ Shove several wet patches thru bore until clean,
4/ use wet patches or paper towel to clean around cylinder area of gun,
5/ dry everything with dry patch or paper towel
6/ use anything cheap that works with black powder to displace any remaining water and lube bore and rest of gun - this would be Type F transmission fluid, the wife's bottle of olive oil (extra virgin or absolutely slutty doesn't matter), or tallow (if absolutely determined you can buy some of those expensive alternatives), (by the way for the cylinder I simply keep a little container of olive oil and drop it in after cleaning for a few seconds and then wipe the outside dry - don't reuse this oil on your salad)
7/ put guns in safe and insert the DVD "Remuda" and relax.
Before shooting again wipe excess lube out of cylinder with a dry patch and use nipple pick.
There may be more offered by what I confess to calling the BP anal crowd, but I have yet to find it matters in any way when shooting a revolver. Black powder is great fun, easy on the gun, and barring flicking your cigar ashes into it, safer than using smokeless in cartridges, at least in my opinion.
By the way I also suggest Buck Stinson (Rick Bachman). He is a very helpful fella on the phone, I know he makes the very top end of leather, but if you have a question and keep it short, he can be a fount of information. If you are but a poor vaquero make your own from someone else's boot top (authentic) or stick it in a sash, probably just as good or better looking than an el cheapo commercial job.