first youd think,,, no wonder so many of them died,,, then you stop and think,,, they were fighting against someone with the same type of gun,,,

good thing they werent all carrying m16s,,,,

hope it dont blow up in your hand,,,

but then,,, new style guns do that too sometimes,,,,

Beautiful piece ? But what a time was necessary to fire : pour the powder , but the ball then the cap . So you could only fire once . However it seems I see a cylinder ????
In friendship
Michel

Enjoy your "new" toy, Paul.
If I don't hear from you again, I'll assume you had a "senior moment" loading up !

@fauquet - 

It's a six-shot single action revolver.

Oh that's hella cool.  How many guns do you have?  Do you collect?  My neighbor has some pretty cool weaponry, including a broom handle Mauser.  That thing is wicked cool.  I need more weapons! 

@warweasel - 

I'm not a collector, but I have 3 long guns and 7 hand guns.