What would have been your top choice for a revolver during the Civil War?
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Strong_Dentist_7561@reddit
Probably the Remington Rider .44 double action
Giterdunn1@reddit
Lematt for sure
WesternThink@reddit
Two Starr double action models and two colt navies for backup
Artistic_Ideal9620@reddit
I would have to go with the LeMat, obvious choice, or a Walch Navy 12 shot revolver.
TrainingEmphasis1987@reddit
RS
TheJSchnawg@reddit
Definitely a Beaumont Adams. Faster to reload and fire than most revolvers of the time, and with a higher than average caliber. It only holds 5 shots, but who needs 6 anyway?
Pod_people@reddit
A Colt .44 because they actually worked. A Lemat for the novelty.
Wojtkie@reddit
Idk about civil war but I really want one of those revolver rifles
CultureThis9818@reddit
If I had a choice I'd get the lemat. Then probably chain firing my arm off on accident getting roo excited.
0331-USMC@reddit
1858 Remington
The_First_Curse_@reddit
Which civil war? There have been hundreds.
spizzlemeister@reddit
anything pinfire as much as I love muzzle loaders I would not want to have to reload in the middle of a fire fight. also pinfire is just cool as shit
jbc10000@reddit
Whichever one the armorers could keep repaired
ODA564@reddit
S&W No. 2 Army in .32 rimfire.
InitialAd4125@reddit
.32 rimfire my beloved why must you cost over $10 cad per round?
LordRavensbane@reddit
Trying to look into how to reload it for two model 1 1/2 revolvers I bought recently. Holy shit those brass prices make my stomach hurt
InitialAd4125@reddit
Yep I got one of those reloading kits and it cost me so much. Didn't even come with black powder or primers just brass and reloading equipment and instructions. But that's how it is when you turn a rimfire round and reverse engineer it into a center fire round. Ends up costing more then some 50 bmg round per round.
ReactionAble7945@reddit
I think the Remington 1858 would be common and capable. Get spare cylinders. Get stock. . . I would love to look at the metallic cartridge revolvers of the time, but I am not sure they are capable enough. Reliable enough.
CamaroKidBB@reddit
Remington 1858, personally. Having an option to quick-swap cylinders in the middle of an engagement automatically makes it more practical as a sidearm than any other revolver here.
If we’re only allowed one cylinder, probably the Colt Walker/Dragoon, probably with a pistol stock to help with aiming and/or recoil. It was the most powerful commercial handgun until the advent of .357 Magnum after all, which wasn’t introduced until well after everyone gave up on black powder in general.
An honorable mention goes to the Walch Navy Revolver, mostly because with how it works, it’s basically a Civil War-era 93 Raffica, featuring a staggered trigger that (to my understanding, correct me if I’m wrong) could mean two shots firing per simultaneous pull of both triggers, meaning if one shot missed, the other wouldn’t, or even two projectiles hitting at once, upping the chances of lethality.
SnooGuavas9995@reddit
1911
Emotional_Audience89@reddit
Starr Revolver, I like having the double action option.
BaronVonBracht@reddit
In the heat of battle, I'd just forget to pull the little trigger instead of the regular one if I'm using it in single action. The DA trigger pull is also a bitch.
elchsaaft@reddit
It's not that bad. If you were using it daily you would get the hang of it. Granted, mine is a Pietta with aftermarket slix shot percussion nipples. You can fit a surprising amount of powder in that long ass cylinder, too.
BaronVonBracht@reddit
I got an antique one from the civil war. It is very cool but I understand why it didn't become popular. How is shooting it?
elchsaaft@reddit
I wouldn't try to use it at any kind of range, but if I were up against a few guys at "bad-breath" distance it would certainly even the odds.
mratlas666@reddit
Griswold and Gunderson. But. I want them from a southern traitor I killed in battle.
hurricane_97@reddit
Manurhin MR 73
Empty-bin@reddit
If it was to be a practical weapon, then lefaucheux or Adams but as a joke, Lemat
Individual-Raisin-11@reddit
The biggest iron of all, the lemat
StandUpForYourWights@reddit
A phased plasma rifle in the 40w range
No_Significance98@reddit
Just what you see, pal
OwwMyBallls@reddit
Uzi 9mm
Mattj824@reddit
UZI NINE MILLUH MEETAH
ItsTom___@reddit
You know you're weapons buddy
mokkisjokkis@reddit
45 LONG SLIDE WITH LASER SIGHTING
Downloading_Bungee@reddit
Probably a lemat if only for the meme.
BlindSquirrelENT@reddit
For practicality: Rogers & Spencer, or Remington 1858.
Ammo logistics no object: S&W No.2
For the memes: Dragoon or LeMat.
Hash_Tooth@reddit
No LeMatt?!?!?
samnow26@reddit
Colt Dragoon, when you absolutely gotta put the other guy down. Accept no Big Iron Substitutes
puzzle_head1@reddit
You can load similar to .44 Special
Miku_Hatsune12_7mm@reddit
That one there with the brown grip.
PremeTeamTX@reddit
Either a LeMat or a Starr DA
WharfRat86@reddit
My heart wants to say Lemat but my had says Colt Dragoon.
Stuffed_deffuts@reddit
Colt dragoon
Feeling_Title_9287@reddit
Either a remington new model army or a Smith and wesson number 2 chambered in 32 rimfire
Ok-Fig-675@reddit
If you think about it a 1861 Gatling gun is simply an automatically reloading pepperbox revolver mounted on a tripod. . .
Nice-Hawk-3847@reddit
I’m split between the 1858 Remington and the 1847 Walker
Native_Lobster@reddit
1858 Remington new model army, it was popular for a reason.
Geobomb1@reddit
Definitely 1860. Can’t go wrong with Colt, and it’s in .44.
tacopig117@reddit
Colt 1851 conversion
RainierCamino@reddit
Alright Tuco
lurker512879@reddit
Divine Colt Walker Revolvers
moose8021@reddit
I'm gonna be that guy and say a Lefaucheux 1858, the Union ordered like 11k and it's cartridge fed
JMHSrowing@reddit
Dragoon and a LeMat.
The former because it’s one of the most powerful without being the too much gun of the Walker, sometimes you are going to want to make sure the shot does the job. Some standard loads aren’t exactly what we’d call powerful by today’s standards.
And if things get really bad, which is when having a brace of revolvers might be needed, the mini-shotgun and 9 quick lighter rounds is a hell of a lot of fire power in that era.
GamesFranco2819@reddit
A pair of Beaumont Adam's.
The double action future is now old man
tykaboom@reddit
Lemat ideally.
fuzzycaterpillar123@reddit
Schofield in .45
puzzle_head1@reddit
Good gun but that’s after Civil war time
WolfieSpam@reddit
S&W No. 2
TacTurtle@reddit
All the LeMats. Preferably acquired the traditional way by taking from deceased previous owner.
9-shots + shotgun > six iron
Carlicioso@reddit
Screw it I would use a black powder revolving rifle
Modern_Doshin@reddit
Remington New Model Army (or Navy)
If the pistol was reliable enough, Starr DA revolver
Colt1873@reddit
immediately grabs the two Colt Walkers and Remington carbine
BIG IRON THEME INTENSIFIES
RoosterzRevenge@reddit
Lemat
KHORSA_THE_DARK@reddit
Remington new army because it is all the sexy.
puzzle_head1@reddit
Colt 1862 Police Pocket. More compact than 1851/1860 and Dragoons. Easy to stuff 2-3 in belt and one hidden in a shoulder holster. 36 Caliber adequate firepower similar to .380 ACP.
mrp1ttens@reddit
51 Navy.
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