Well in actual use the push-in-the-ball with-the-end-of-the-cylinder-pin system didn't (and doesn't) work too well if you have a tight fit between the ball and chamber. So it didn't take Colt very long to go to an attached rammer.
Yes, you can use a length of pipe or metal tubing slipped over the end of a short bullet rammer. I know because I've done that and suggested it to others. But that presumes there is a rammer in the first place, and on snubbies there often isn't. Also I have never found any evidence that the system was ever used during the 19th century.
I think the outlaw in question might have been a Texan named Bass Outlaw.
Many cap & ball era gunmen carried two, and sometimes more, revolvers. But this is hardly a good solution for those who want to get off more then 12 shots during an afternoon at the local shooting range. On the other side of the coin, very few carry C&B snubbies for personal protection any more.
All I care about is to be sure that those that are new to the game understand that cap & ball revolvers that don't have attached rammers can present problems that because of inexperience they might not of thought of. I have a strong hunch that most of the folks that buy this particular kind of gun show it off to friends more then they shoot it.
Yes, you can use a length of pipe or metal tubing slipped over the end of a short bullet rammer. I know because I've done that and suggested it to others. But that presumes there is a rammer in the first place, and on snubbies there often isn't. Also I have never found any evidence that the system was ever used during the 19th century.
I think the outlaw in question might have been a Texan named Bass Outlaw.
Many cap & ball era gunmen carried two, and sometimes more, revolvers. But this is hardly a good solution for those who want to get off more then 12 shots during an afternoon at the local shooting range. On the other side of the coin, very few carry C&B snubbies for personal protection any more.
All I care about is to be sure that those that are new to the game understand that cap & ball revolvers that don't have attached rammers can present problems that because of inexperience they might not of thought of. I have a strong hunch that most of the folks that buy this particular kind of gun show it off to friends more then they shoot it.