He could also be talking about a teat fire cartridge. I believe they were in 36 caliber as well as other calibers. These are harder to discribe than they are to research. In a nutshell it was an attempt to skirt around the Rollin White bored through cylinder patten. It was a hollow copper tube loaded with powder and ball. The base of the cartridge had a small teat that would extend through the cylinder flash hole to be struck by the hammer. As I said it is far easier to check one out on the International Ammunition Associations website than it is to describe.
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