HOW WERE O/U OR S/S PISTOLS LOADED?

[nkbj]

Many of us today get confused with hand guns of yesterday.
Today a hand gun with less power than a .44 mag. is not considered as being serious.
If you look at a .40 cal. muff gun with a 2 1/2" barrel, loaded with a ball and 25 grains of powder it will barely penetrate a piece of 1/2 plywood.
And of course if you had a double stacker you were well armed for the time.
Today we need a fifty shot mag. :hmm:
Of course a pistol of .60 cal. ball and 50 grains of powder and a 10" barrel, would be close to a .357 mag. in power. That would hurt!
Back then, if you were gut shot with a .36 ball, you were in BIG trouble.
If you dug it out you died, if you left there, you died. Dr. Vet's tools were not always hygienic. Other than a quick wipe under his arm.
We certainly have a different idea of leaving the house today being well armed as compared to yesterday ( back then )
Fred

Loved the scene where Willie poured powder in the hole and lit it.

 

[F.G. Ford]

Tough dude!