Years ago I read an article about Custer done by a research person pertaining to Custer's psyche. It was discovered that a short while before the battle that the Department of the Army had authorized Custer to equip his men with repeating type lever action rifles but he was such a sticker for old army protocol that he decided to stay with the 1873 Springfield in 45/70 caliber. Research showed that some of the rifles recovered were found with live ammo shoved partly into the chamber but could not be fully chambered because of black powder fouling!

Even birds know not to land downwind!