I am blessed to own a Gallager in shootable condition with a great bore. What I’ve experienced has been a pretty reliable, accurate carbine. And, with gloves, easy to remove spent cartridges especially with a polished chamber.
Even when we were filming this segment, under calm, non-combat conditions, it was a chore getting a spent cartridge out. Far from the best design at the time.
I am blessed to own a Gallager in shootable condition with a great bore. What I’ve experienced has been a pretty reliable, accurate carbine. And, with gloves, easy to remove spent cartridges especially with a polished chamber.
Beautiful gun
A lot of Civil War cavalry carbines really were visually interesting firearms!
I wouldn’t mind owning one
No extractor, ejector or rim. Even the calloused fingers of a soldier probably got burned trying to pull that hot cartridge out of the breach.
Even when we were filming this segment, under calm, non-combat conditions, it was a chore getting a spent cartridge out. Far from the best design at the time.
But can it smash watermelons?
HE SAID NIPPLE.