Pistol wadding for reenacting?

[sherpadoug]

I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but I have seen more than one experienced reenactor last weekend wearing their flintlock pistol on their belt (muzzle down), pull out said pistol, pull back the hammer, and fire a loud report. I didn't notice and wadding come out, and us musket men in the line are not supposed to use wadding. How do you keep the powder in the pistol barrel when it points down?

 

[Blizzard of '93]

I'd say they were breaking the rules, no other explanation.

 

[Poor Private]

When the event (civil war) allows us to use pistols. My son and I load our 58 Remmies with powder and oatmeal. Of course you have to ram. Now I don't know about you guys and the single shots. But when we use our rifled musket Enfields, we just rip the paper cartridge and pour the powder down the barrel. No tamping on the ground, just keep it pointing up even when we place a cap over the cone. No paper down the barrel either, just the powder.