Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - CIVIL WAR question..Ballard .44 rimfire single shot

Jim McDougall · Yesterday, 01:24 PM

CC, thanks so much for the tip! Im not sure if Ive got Flayderman, but should have it. Its quoted so much its a must have. I got most my information from an article in an American Society of Arms Collectors bulletin which was pretty thorough. For me though, Flaydermans research has always been final word, nobody ever knew stuff like him! Sure miss him.

Thanks for the insight on octagon barrels, I was thinking that such a feature would not be restricted so arbitrarily. In times of war as when these were made, I would think 'mix and match' would be common.

Yesterday, 01:24 PM	#8
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,410	CC, thanks so much for the tip! Im not sure if Ive got Flayderman, but should have it. Its quoted so much its a must have. I got most my information from an article in an American Society of Arms Collectors bulletin which was pretty thorough. For me though, Flaydermans research has always been final word, nobody ever knew stuff like him! Sure miss him. Thanks for the insight on octagon barrels, I was thinking that such a feature would not be restricted so arbitrarily. In times of war as when these were made, I would think 'mix and match' would be common.