I bought a repro Henry in 1990 and it shoots great. I really like the old weapons(1860 to turn of the century). There’s so much history to them. Up until this year I always purchased repros, but this year I got an original 1873 Springfield trapdoor carbine, that was manuf. in 1879 and an original 1894 winchester rifle. I’ve never loaded black powder rounds but am getting set up to load BP rounds to fire the trapdoor.
Black powder is actually easier to reload than smokeless, no worry about over charging, just fill the case with powder allowing enough room for the bullet to seat on top of the powder. Just don’t leave an air space between powder and ball, that can cause over pressure.