Comments by "Scott Kenny" (@ScottKenny1978) on "Remington's Revolving Rifle: Not Expensive, but not Successful" video.

  1. Significantly more expensive. The Spencer was three months pay for a soldier. And it used non-standard ammo, which complicated supply. When you're going from "a few thousand" soldiers to several million, cost is a very significant issue. Basically, only the Cavalry got repeaters, and even then not all units did.
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  2.  @clothar23  yes, two months pay back then. It's a much more useful measure of how much it cost, because cost of living has gone weird compared to inflation.
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  3.  @adamroodog1718  the .36cal is the typical "squirrel gun" for muzzle loaders. The .44cal would be acceptable for deer with good shot placement. Not those wimpy rimfire cartridges, though. I mean the cap&ball.
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  4. Barrel blanks back then were made from square stock. You can quickly mill off the corners to get an octagon barrel, but turning one round or half-round was time consuming. Today, the opposite is true, and cutting an octagon out of a cylinder is a lot more complicated.
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  5. Not just weapons, "tooling" is the specific equipment needed to manufacture anything. Not the lathes or mills, but the bits and cutters and setup guides and whatever else is needed to use the lathes and mills.
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  6. Mostly small to medium game. Deer at the upper end of size.
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  7. That far back, you're better off comparing to a months wages or the cost of gold, because the cost of living has changed very significantly. $35 is about 3 months wages for a soldier, and is 1.75 ounces of gold.
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  8. Based on UK dealing with sub-standard barrels in the Lee-Enfields, as long as the last 3" or so of the barrel point straight it's going to shoot well enough. So I think that even if the different cylinders weren't quite perfectly aligned with the barrel they'd still shoot to 5moa or so.
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  9.  @ronal8824  the Baby Lemat is actually buildable today as a cartridge pistol, .327 Federal and .45/.410, under US law. The full size one had a 20ga center barrel and .44 around the outside, and that 20ga would be an NFA Destructive Device as a pistol. Less of a problem as a long gun, but who wants a Lemat carbine?
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  10.  @barryervin8536  no, at the time the bullet was "heeled" and the same diameter as the brass case, like a .22lr still is. With soft lead it would swage down in the barrel.
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  11.  @london_james  no problem!
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  12. Right? Totally understand why Remington did it! "Can't guarantee we will sell many, but any is more than zero!"
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  13. Also, wool doesn't burn easily.
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  14. Try "two months pay"
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