Now, I've never really studied that period of history very hard before, but I had always thought (possibly a result of too many movies) that six-shooters were available at the time, so you didn't have to reload after every shot, and that weapons like the M-16 were an expansion of the repeater ability.
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Date: 2009-06-23 01:57 pm (UTC)Now, I've never really studied that period of history very hard before, but I had always thought (possibly a result of too many movies) that six-shooters were available at the time, so you didn't have to reload after every shot, and that weapons like the M-16 were an expansion of the repeater ability.