Loading the Buffalo Gun on the Range

[Don McDowell]

I believe when a person digs further into it, that is one thing Mayer is full of bullspit about. Most posts had a hard time staying supplied with enough ammo, that most of the time they couldn't even do the monthly required target practice, and remain stocked with enough ammunition for maneuvers.
Most if not all frontier army posts also had a suttlers store, and I suspect if you wandered in there whining about not having enough ammo they would of kindly pointed you to the store.