My buddy was taking alot of video of us shooting our black powder revolvers and I was able to copy this frame from one of them. The revolver is a Uberti Remington 1858 with 5.5 inch barrel. I could'nt believe it when I was slowing down the video and saw that flame! Amazing.
Actually, when I saw this frame for the first time, I thought the same thing. I never felt anything out of the ordinary or anything different than my other revolvers. Wierd.
Elmer Keith grew up around some of the old time gunfighters, it was said in a saloon gun fight..the first shots would blow out the lamps! Must of been a hot time in the old town that night!