Video: Civil war weapons 101

[garyjd]

It's scary to think this person is teaching history and has some kind of college degree. ~Gary

http://www.ehow.com/video_4997802_civil-war-guns.html

 

[IronMike]

No wonder Johnny can't read, write, or anything else. I'd like to meet this woman.

 

[garyjd]

I can just hear Johnny now.

"Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor".

 

[btavis]

"The cavalry officers would take a pre-loaded muzzle and attach it to the gun so that it could be faster to reload????"

This lady lives in Fort Worth about thirty five miles from me. Maybe I could go and ask her to show me how to do this.

 

[Einion]

Wow. That's like, um, really authoritative and knowledgeable...

Einion

 

[btavis]

I know on those old Navy revolvers the cavalry used they had detachable cylinders for reloading. Maybe that is what she was referring to.

 

[garyjd]

One thing to keep in mind is the teachers that DO KNOW the subjects they teach. I'm sure a lot of us have had teachers that inspired us in some way. Unfortunately teachers like this cast a bad light on the lot of them sometimes. ~Gary

 

[Anders Heintz]

Bob, that was the Remington pistols that had the removable cylinder, the only way to remove the cylinder on the Colt models (Army/Navy) used during ACW was to remove the barrel first.

 

[btavis]

Bob, that was the Remington pistols that had the removable cylinder, the only way to remove the cylinder on the Colt models (Army/Navy) used during ACW was to remove the barrel first.

I think Remington also called them Army/Navy revolvers. There is a Remington 1858 Navy Revolver in the same caliber (.36) as the Colt. Their Army Revolver was .44 caliber.

 

[Anders Heintz]

They may have, not sure. We always referred to them as Army/Navy = Colt and then the Remington 58. The Remingon is a much better gun in my opinion, I have one of each of the Colt Army, Navy and then the Remington, and the Remington shoots better and is much easier to reload on horseback! The slide out cylinder is awesome as it is quick and easy to change when on horseback. The Army version is the worst and the Navy one is a close second to the Remington.

 

[btavis]

The Army version is the worst...

As they say in the Army, "remember, your weapon was made by the lowest bidder."