Paul, I usually recognize irony when I read it; must be 'cause its Friday. LOL I have seen a lot of Audie's movies, because I respect his war record. He even got to where he could act a little! I'm not sure about that one, but it will come around again one of these days.

Stembridge's Guns provide most weapons for movies, and you'd think they'd be a little more careful about the period they were arming. The greatest blame lies with the directors; they either don't know, don't care, or can't afford to spend the money for correct weapons; or at least cleverly altered ones that look the part. The Outlaw Josey Wales was a good example of the latter. He used Remingtons of various sizes and calibers. To reload the cartridge conversion models, he properly flipped out the spent cylinder and put in a new one. Today there is a conversion of the 1858 .44 which allows the use of .45 Colt rounds. The cylinder has six firing pins.

The Mountain Men, with Charleton Heston and Brian keith was a good example of actually using muzzle loading rifles, complete with fire discipline, to prevent all weapons being empty at once; very embarrassing, and dangerous! LOL Stan