Yes, perhaps you CAN do that, but I seriously doubt the vast majority of users ever knew it, or cared. Which is why I think all the hoopla made about the Remington revolver being able to “speed reload” by carrying a spare cylinder is mostly rubbish. Even in combat, for people not far removed from single shot muzzleloaders, they were used to relying on mutual fire support protecting them while they reloaded.
In that era they still thought a firearm that would give you SIX shots without reloading was a pretty slick newfangled invention, and the idea that you’d want to be able to reload quickly in any situation outside of combat was pretty much unknown. What is a bit surprising is that they did not use it more extensively… Having acquired both the legal patent rights and the employment of the original inventor (both Samuel Hopkins and his brother Charles were partners in the new firm), it should be no surprise that Hopkins & Allen would use the system once the Rollin White patent expired. When the Bacon Firearms Company lapsed into bankruptcy its remains formed the start of Hopkins & Allen. Bacon made about 300 revolvers using this system, but they were shut down by a patent infringement lawsuit from Smith & Wesson, as their revolver used bored-through chambers without having a license from Rollin White or S&W. This system was originally patented by Samuel Hopkins in 18 while working for the Bacon Firearms Company. This makes the chambers easily accessible for reloading. When the cylinder axis pin is removed, the cylinder swings out about 45 degrees to the right, propelled by a captive spring. 41 caliber XL-6 have a quite interesting feature, however. These were mostly very simple, chambered for a range of cartridges from.
“XL” was a brand name used by Hopkins & Allen to cover several different styles of revolver, but the first were a series of rimfire, spur-hammer pocket guns made in the 1870s and 1880.
Lot 1104 in the September 2020 RIA Premier auction.
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