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Second, there is no double-wing cylinder arbor-end, for cylinder removal.
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You are correct on the site and the cylinder pin...It seems that site was rpaced in the field in the 1860's probly, and i like that site better than the real one :O)
On the cylinder pin the 1861 vs the newer 1858(1863) there was a slot that the t handle and cylinder pin slid forward with the loading latch closed or up. In the Field during the War between the States a soldier Charging on horse or foot...maybe even unholstering the 1861 Rem the T handle would slide forward and the cylinder would fall out at an unopertune time when firing...a field fix was this longer cylinder pin. Then out came the New Model Army 58 in 1863 to remedy that problem.
