99octane
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I'd like to know if anybody has found any original, first hand account of spare cylinders being issued with revolvers (Navy, Army, Remington 1858 etc.) to troopers, to be used for "fast reloadsing", or first hand accounts of spare cylinders being used this way.
I know Paterson revolvers came with a spare cylinder, I'm interested in subsequent firearms.
I know the practice is mentioned in several modern historical and fictional works, but I'm looking for any original proof: letters, diaries, registers of units or arsenal inventories, sale accounts from manufacturers to the army, issue receipts for revolvers with multiple cylinders, requisitioned or captured arms registers, pictures or... well, anything original that would prove that having a revolver with multiple cylinders was if not common, at least real, and original accounts of them being used for fast reloads. Letters from soldiers, diaries, pictures again, military manuals and so.
I know Paterson revolvers came with a spare cylinder, I'm interested in subsequent firearms.
I know the practice is mentioned in several modern historical and fictional works, but I'm looking for any original proof: letters, diaries, registers of units or arsenal inventories, sale accounts from manufacturers to the army, issue receipts for revolvers with multiple cylinders, requisitioned or captured arms registers, pictures or... well, anything original that would prove that having a revolver with multiple cylinders was if not common, at least real, and original accounts of them being used for fast reloads. Letters from soldiers, diaries, pictures again, military manuals and so.