There is a Monte Carlo B for sale on the "gunrack" and I have a few questions;

According to the serial number the date of manufacture should be right around 1898, and the barrels are marked "special steel," would that be fluid steel barrels?

The gun is black powder proofed, what if any modern ammo would be safe?

The gun also has a pile of drop at the heel? Is there a reason it would have been made as such?

I am a bargain basement LC Smith guy, but this gun really caught my eye. I just don't want anything I can't shoot, and I hate paying 15 bucks a box for shells.

Thanks,
CHAZ