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I thought these rifles where usually held under the cylinder or behind the cylinder as a flash over would be disastrous to the supporting hand if in front of the cylinder.
Vlad

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In the rare event of a chain fire one might wind up missing a greater portion of the hand, wrist, and arm that was holding the forend.
I have been told that the spur under the trigger guard on some replicas was intended for 2nd hand grip support when the offhand grip is behind the cylinder face.

Old wives tale? Beats me, maybe because I’m pretty careful to lube each cylinder after seating a tightly fitting ball so I have never (thus far) experienced a chainfire. I’m told it is pretty exciting with an 1860 Army .44

- Mike

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