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c3c278de | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c981398d 

Quite aside from everything about this being incredibly stupid and ill advised - how does that negligent discharge even happen?

The Pietta 1860 is a single-action, cap-and-ball, black powder revolver.

How do you "make  a blank" for a muzzle loader?  Wouldn't you just need to pour some powder and pack in a wad of cotton or something to stop it spilling?

How does a single action revolver with one loaded chamber "go off accidentally"?  Was he carrying the damn thing cocked?
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c6a017e2 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @164ff7a2 @c981398d 
I dunno. But he shouldn't have had that gun out for anything but a re-enactment. And then only with advice.