very complicated to load 1. click hammer 2. open the frizzen (the thing to the right of the hammer, click it) 3. place powder there (click the yellow thingy) 4. close the frizzen 5. take out the ramrod (the thing under the end of the barrel) 6. click the big horn thing to add powder to the barrel 7. click the ball to place it in the barrel 8. click the ramrod to ram the ball down the barrel 10. and finally... pull trigger to fire green flag to reset it