[Kaylee]

were there ever, historically or in reproduction, any models that were more or less like the '59 cavalry carbine, but with a double set trigger set up?

(I presume the only dif between the '59 and the '63 is the patchbox, yes?)

And finally.. on these varied reproductions.. Armi-Sport and Pedersoli -- how are the stock triggers? Both the single and the set types? Are either amenable to tweaking or replacing? Finally.. how do the various sub-$1000 versions stack up against each other?

-K

[4v50 Gary]

Besides eliminating the patchbox, the '63 model dispensed with the Lawrence prime pellet system. Besides reducing costs, it reduced the labor required to make a gun.

Regarding the double trigger, I don't have my book at hand (probably boxed) but as I recall, it was quite a thing for Berdan to ensure that double triggers were on the rifles of his men (and not all had double triggers). It would stand to reason that the carbine didn't.