After reading through the records it’s obvious that it was the military that was calling the shots backed up by the US Government.

The Chief of Ordnance wrote a very convincing letter that basically stopped the renewal of the Rollin White patent and convinced President Grant to veto Whites motivation for renewal.

The Military was also the source of the 44 rimfire on a pistol platform and the .46 Rimfire from different opinions given by military personnel. Confusion in the records between the 44 Rimfire and 46 Rimfire is also obvious.

Since it’s also clearly recorded that the military was altering test gun calibers anything is possible at this point.

Murph