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Old November 30, 2010, 12:59 PM   #15
twhidd
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... I had the impression that the saber was considered the cavalryman's primary close quarters weapon until WWI, based more on tradition than sense.

So I had also assumed they'd train to use the pistol in the weak hand, so they could use both weapons.
I believe that all to be correct, which goes with my original point. You may be right about Wild Bill's rig. I just thought I had read somewhere once that he carried his Navy Colts that way.
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