[TML] NY Reload

[Bruce Johnson]

On Mar 2, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Tod Glenn wrote:

> Carrying an swapping cylinders is basically confined to the Remington
> Army model and no other contemporary civil war era cap and ball.
>
> Contrary to TV and movies, this was probably not a common practice,
> since sales records from Remington show that very few additional
> cylinders were sold with the Army model revolver.

Moreover, it's dangerously easy to smack the exposed caps on something  
in the process, especially under fire, in a hurry. Then you have a  
random cylinder going off while it's in your hands. This isn't  
something I'd try with my Remington NMA under ideal conditions, it's  
just not safe handling a loaded, loose cylinder that way, imo. Tod's  
right...the solution to the reload problem was more revolvers.

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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