This article, "Col. Colt's Revolving Rifle in the Civil War," appeared originally in the March 2004 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and ...
Firing a revolving cylinder weapon from the shoulder so close to the shooter’s ear was not comfortable, something known since the Colt 1855 Revolving Rifle, and such a shooting system never caught on.