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« on: January 14, 2007, 06:55:37 pm »
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"You might fire at a man all day from a distance of 125 yards without him ever finding it out,? Gen. U.S. Grant

Here's a news article about weapons in the CW plus a drawing of Mini? ball design. Sue, learning about warfare  Wink

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Minie balls were battlefield revolution
By Mike West, Managing Editor


When it comes to weaponry, the Civil War is best described as the first modern war.

Unfortunately, for the troops, the conflict was generally fought with tactics dating back to Napoleon Bonaparte and with medical care not unlike the Middle Ages.

The era?s fighting methods didn?t take into account the evolution of small arms ... an evolution, which began with a twist.

That twist was imparted by spiral rifling grooves cut into the bore of what was once called a musket. Frontiersmen had long known that a weapon, like the Kentucky long rifle, was effective at 400 yards and farther, but those weapons were slow to load.

For nearly 200 years, the smoothbore musket had been the standard weapon for soldiers in Europe and then in North America. Those muskets were fast to load, but terribly inaccurate. Their effective range was 100 to 200 yards, but in reality they were only reliable at 40 yards or less.

The term ?couldn?t hit the broadside of the barn? was literally true when applied to the accuracy of smoothbore muskets. At 300 yards, only 1 shot in 20 would hit a target of 18 square feet. The guns didn?t even have an aiming device. . . . . .

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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2007, 07:07:37 pm »
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Interesting article, thanks.

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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2007, 08:32:29 pm »
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Sue; Those 58's had a pretty good punch. Get yourself a carbon burner and let loose with a few. Grin A great hobby, or as a hunting weapon. A modern 50 cal can take any game in North America.



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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2007, 01:48:21 pm »
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THANKS FOR THE ARTICLE Grin

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Interesting article.  Thanks for posting.

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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2007, 01:54:15 pm »
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Try the 69 or 73 cals minies!!!!

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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2007, 03:43:01 am »
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