I have to rethink the spare cylinder idea

[fireman1]

There was a reason Josey Wales carried 12 pistols!!!! LOL,LOL

I love that documentary.

 

[fireman1]

You'd probably be devastated then watching the History Channel when they show reenactments of historical events. Once saw a cap lock rifle in an event that happened before the era of cap locks. Saw a match lock being used in a modern-day event. One saw an episode about the OK Corral shoot out. The Earp Bros. were using C&B revolvers. Saw an M1 Garrand being used in Viet-Nam. You get the idea. Think sometimes to those doing these reenactments a gun is a gun regardless of period correctness.

To be fair, plenty of M1's were used in Viet Nam by ARVN troops and CIDG irregulars.

Also, it's not outsidethe realm of possibility for a C&B cartridge conversion to have been used at the OK corral.

 

[Mike in FL]

I often think that the improper era weapon and the handling thereof is the least considered aspect of movies.

 

[AlexB]

Why they are called movies it aint real.

 

[Mike in FL]

Why they are called movies it aint real.

Well, i guess it is just semantics, but being unreal is not actually why they are called movies even though they are in fact unreal. I think the term movie came about when the industry first made pictures that moved. Uh oh, I'm getting way off topic and far away from muzzleloaders.

 

[KingOfKindling]

Get on a horse and try to do that and get back to reality..the cylinder swap deal is all hollyweard vs then swap? hello extra guns.

No horse to practice on sadly. Maybe I should bust out the unicycle.


Did a little looking for videos of cylinder swaps. Turns out my swap speed is even slower than I thought. Makes sense, I haven't practiced for it.





Now, you're not gonna do that on a horse, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if an experienced horseman could come close to something like my time. Not saying it actually happened, but claiming it's unrealistic or extremely difficult is a bit of stretch.

 

[TNGhost]

You'd probably be devastated then watching the History Channel when they show reenactments of historical events. Once saw a cap lock rifle in an event that happened before the era of cap locks. Saw a match lock being used in a modern-day event. One saw an episode about the OK Corral shoot out. The Earp Bros. were using C&B revolvers. Saw an M1 Garrand being used in Viet-Nam. You get the idea. Think sometimes to those doing these reenactments a gun is a gun regardless of period correctness.

Evidence of how we all have made the grave mistake of believing that the "media" knows what it is talking about.

 

[Dark Angel]

To be fair, plenty of M1's were used in Viet Nam by ARVN troops and CIDG irregulars.

Also, it's not outsidethe realm of possibility for a C&B cartridge conversion to have been used at the OK corral.

Saw M1-M2 carbines. In fact, I carried and M2. Full size Garands, NOPE! Was all over that country, trucking supplies and such, for a while working a TMP. In fact, in one Montagnard village, saw a match lock rifle. As for C&B at the OK Corral, C&B would have probably still been around, but in this clip. the caps were clearly visible on the nipples. Even by that time, rim-fire cartridges were becoming a rarity with just a few 'old' .44 Henery's around.

 

[fireman1]

Saw M1-M2 carbines. In fact, I carried and M2. Full size Garands, NOPE! Was all over that country, trucking supplies and such, for a while working a TMP. In fact, in one Montagnard village, saw a match lock rifle. As for C&B at the OK Corral, C&B would have probably still been around, but in this clip. the caps were clearly visible on the nipples. Even by that time, rim-fire cartridges were becoming a rarity with just a few 'old' .44 Henery's around.

 

[fireman1]

Saw M1-M2 carbines. In fact, I carried and M2. Full size Garands, NOPE! Was all over that country, trucking supplies and such, for a while working a TMP. In fact, in one Montagnard village, saw a match lock rifle. As for C&B at the OK Corral, C&B would have probably still been around, but in this clip. the caps were clearly visible on the nipples. Even by that time, rim-fire cartridges were becoming a rarity with just a few 'old' .44 Henery's around.

Understood about the caps. I agree that would have been long gone.