Sam Alexander

Accuracy is not so great at long range.

It's also hampered by the fact that it, you know, well, I think standard loadout was like 50 cartridges back then.

So imagine how fast you'd burn through it without a lot of discipline, but it's,

Or because it was a pin fire, needle fire, rather not pin fire, needle fire.

Um,

Oh, this is going way off track real quick.

So it's a paper cartridge.

Always does.

The bullet is seated at the front.

The primer is actually at the back of the bullet.

So the needle in the Dreiser system punches through the back of the paper cartridge, smacks that primer.

I think this is the longest we've ever had a guest and you didn't mention your Prado.

But now your firing pin, the needle, is inside the powder when it goes off.

So eventually you burn through your needles, too.

But...

That's first bolt action.

I mean, it worked really fucking well for the Prussians, and then the same design worked well in the Chassepot, the French equivalent.

Here, Jace, I'll show you his Kami vehicle.

I believe it's the Chassepot, but we're not going there.

1866 Chassepot.