Originally Posted by RyanF
Yikes! I get it. No. Did (do) percussion pistols sometime(s) cook off too?

Well, yea.

Reloading a cylinder is painfully slow, and the correct procedure involved a tightly patched ball, well lubed, with beeswax sealing the nipple holes under the cap. Wild Bill Hickok religiously fired every cylinder when he called it a day, and reloaded the next day, hoping to avoid misfires and the chain fire phenomenon, but, I don’t think it helped him at the end.

Best,
Ted