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People usually just carried a brace of revolvers, and switched to the loaded one when the first was empty. Plus, most people carried large knives routinely. Remember that the era when a firearm was just the entree for a cartload of hand to hand violence with melee weapons was only a few years...

People back then often carried a brace of flintlocks, and there are depictions of people, particularly pirates, wearing bandoleers with 5-6 pistols. A good flintlock was very reliable, and even keeping the powder dry was not that difficult. The frizzen closed the pan almost watertight, and oil...

Basically Tuco's gun made for real.:rofl:

I believe the answer to your question is far simpler than many are making it: marketing, and choice. At those times both bullets were very popular, and while some preferred the conical bullet, particularly loaded in nitrated paper cartridges that made reloading comparatively easy and fast, some...

They didn't reload, mostly. Cavalry sometimes did reload if there was a lull in the action and had a chance at a second pass, but mostly when a revolver went empty, they just switched to a loaded one, or the saber. Most people carried at least a second gun as backup, as the chance of some cap...

The round ball was considered a very good man stopper in its times, better than the conical, it appears.

WHAT YOU NEED: 1 x .32 ACP case 1 x 38 Spc case 1 x 3.5 mm drill bit 1 x 4 mm drill bit 1 x 4 mm tap 1 x 4x60 mm machine screw 1 x small washer 1 x ballpoint pen spring. 1 x fine pin punch (for decapping) Drill press File Hacksaw Decap both cases. Take the .32 ACP case and mount it in the...

Just educating myself. :)

Can anybody tell me where to find texts and records about the november 6, 1850 ordnance trials that saw the Colt 1851 belt revolver (Navy) winner of the trials? I tried to search the Nationa Archives with little result, but maybe I'm not that well versed in perusing state bureaucracy... :thumbdown:

Thanks. Unfortunately I'm not in the US. I'm looking for a deal in Italy, even if I'm a quite reticent to buy used books. Bad experiences in the past. But I believe in this case I'll make an exception.

Yep. ;) that's why I excluded the Pattersons from my question: with those it was most probably done. About the Wells Fargos I woudln't be so sure. It was a pocket revolver, extremely compact and light, and between having to swap cylinders and having one in each pocket, I'd definitely go for the...

Photos show soldiers with extra revolvers, though. Never seen any with extra cylinders. Nor were guns fitted with extra cylinders manufactured on a regular basis. They were a "custom order" thing and not many were made. :thumbdown: Remember that each cylinder had to be fitted to the specific...

Companies did include spare cylinders with very few guns, cased ones particularly, and on demand, but there's no evidence whatsoever I could find that it was a widespread practice, least of all that it was standard issue for cavalry troopers. Why would one want a spare cylinder, if not for...

Yes, but a movie is hardly a historical source. ;) And it made a lot of sense. Cap and ball revolvers were known for getting stuck from black powder fouling after a few shots, and cap fragments could fall into the action binding it and requiring disassembly to solve the issue. Having a second...

Yes, I've read about the Pony Express, but all I found was from contemporary authors. I couldn't find direct evidence. Can you go in more depth about the ways it is well documented? It's exactly what I'm looking for. Are there perhaps pictures? First hand accounts documented from primary...

The fallacy is presuming a complete mindset from a very simple question when "I don't know" would have been a far more useful, sensible and worthwile answer. Anyway, don't worry, I have a little knowledge about the use of sources, critical analysis, crossreferencing and about what does or...

Thanks. I've seen many pictures like that, of people carrying more revolvers. I've seen guys carrying two Navy revolvers in their holsters, and some Pockets tucked here and there. I too believe people carried more than one revolver, rather than more than one cylinder, but I'm verifying the...

Thanks. The whole thread was very interesting.

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Thank you. I'm just trying to find anything conclusive on the topic. Pictures I've seen show people carrying more than one revolver, and I believe if I wanted to have more firepower, I wouldn't have bothered trying swapping cylinders on horseback, I'd just get another loaded gun, but I know...