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To: Chuckster

No bang. Wonder how you get that out of the barrel?
Would be very bad if you were under fire!


794 posted on 03/13/2018 8:53:25 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Keyhopper
Wonder how you get that out of the barrel?

I'm not a muzzle loading enthusiast, but they had a tool, a bit like a corkscrew, that screwed into the soft lead ball so you could extract it. Then ream out the packed powder and patch, dry the bore and reload...in the rain? It would be hard enough with a percussion cap rifle but it would be almost impossible with the earlier flintlock weapons.

Bayonets and Bowie knives were much more essential (Reliable) weapons in those days.

831 posted on 03/13/2018 10:35:01 AM PDT by Chuckster (There is no government solution to government corruption.)
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