In the first show, very beginning, Anderson Hatfield was helping a young rebel soldier hold a brass framed pistol under his chin, I guess to commit suicide, the frame was cut for cartridges (or blanks) and the cylinder was bored through, no nipples or caps.
Other than that, fellas, my Stepfather's family (I'm 54 now and he's passed) are from WV in Wayne and Mingo County. I can remember when I was about 7, I attended my Step Grandmother's funeral. Pretty much everyone there were carring a pocket pistol in their overalls or a shotgun close by. Weren't no feuds then as far as I know (1960's), nor were we Hatfields or McCoys, it's just the way they were. Not much different now than it was then seeing that a lot of us here on THR carry CCW.