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EH>The Remington's biggest advantage over the Colt was that it did
EH>not require complete  disassembly to exchange cylinders.
EH>Accomplishing a "combat reload" with a Remington only required
EH>that the user: 1) drop the loading lever, 2) pull the cylinder
EH>pin forward, 3) drop out the empty cylinder, 4) replace it with a
EH>fresh one, 5) index the cylinder to its rotating "pawl" or
EH>"hand," protruding from the recoil shield of the frame, 6) press
EH>the cylinder pin back home in its frame seat, 7) latch the
EH>loading lever, 8) cock the hammer, 9) and fire.   This can be
EH>done in an elapsed time of about ten seconds under "ideal"
EH>conditions, starting with a clean gun, firing six shots and then
EH>reloading only once.
        Ed, thanks for a great summary of the old cap and ball
        revolvers. Ernie P.
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