18th Century Musketry

[Terry Soloman]

 

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[Jeff H]

Interesting. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Relicific]

Very interesting

 

[Rege-PA]

Battles were won and lost depending on when you fired your first volley. Too far, 100yds and ineffective, but you might get in another volley before they reached you with the bayonet. 50 to 75 yds, preferred range with enough casualties to stop and buckle their line. The militias frequently fired only one volley and fled, as their muskets had no attachments for a bayonet. If the militias fired three volleys before they ran it was considered a successful engagement.
Good read. Daniel Morgan,Revolutionary Rifleman by Don Higginbotham
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[NHBandit]

Excellent ! And good timing. My current project is an East India Company Brown Bess that came out of the huge stash of antique guns found in Nepal by Christian Cranmer from IMA. Not going to post pictures here because I'm going to start a new thread about it elsewhere but this is a really cool video.

 

[Possum]

Excellent video Terry, thanks for sharing it... "D"