RE: RE: [DL] Swords

[Frempath2@netscape.net]

Well, you are both right and wrong Jeff.
You are limited in shots with the revoling pistol.  That is why the pistol was fired with the left hand and the sword was used with the right.

However by the civil war reloading was fairly quick.  With combustable cartridges and inline cappers a cap and ball could be reloaded in about a minute.

g'day
frempath


"Jeff Yates" <jyates@primaryfunction.com> wrote:

>Don't know about swords going away so quick.  If you are on horseback in the
>midst of battle, and you've fired your six shots (or otherwise emptied your
>firearm), do you stop to reload or grab a saber and start swingin'?  Men on
>horse (officers and cavalry) could use swords/sabers, infantry got bayonets.
>Edged weapons never run out of ammo.
>
>This is based on no actual first hand knowledge or specialized training,
>tho. ;-)
>
>Jeff Y.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]On
>> Behalf Of William Ogden
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:40 PM
>> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>> Subject: Re: [DL] Swords
>>
>>
>> sabers for officers probably were fading in use when revolvers became
>> common, so I'd look in Lawdogs for when the earlies Cap and Ball
>> wpns came
>> out
>>
>> >From: Sitting Duck <sittingduck_1313@yahoo.com>
>> >Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>> >To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>> >Subject: [DL] Swords
>> >Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
>> >
>> >Does anyone know when swords went from something that
>> >was actually used in battle to something that cavalry
>> >officers waved about to rally the troops and such?
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