I'm wanting to shoot my "new" old, 4th model merwyn at a NCOWS shoot this weekend.
It has a lower loading gate than a Colt so the load 1, skip 1, load 4 doesn't come out right.
And the Merwyns are built different to where you can't see the empty chamber from the top
or sides. I've been messing with snap caps, and what seems to work is to load it, and leave
on half cock and look at the front of the cylinder to see where the cartridges are and then
rotate to let the hammer down. Will this be safe/legal for me and the person watching the
loading table to do. I will keep the barrel pointed in a safe direction and we will have to "peek"
around at the front of the cylinder NOT THE BARREL
BTB