Thanks for digging this up.
I saw your posts on the earlier sniper thread and concurred with you. Anyone who doesn't think that 19th Century firearms were capable of long range lethal hits is wrong.
In skilled hands they were quite proficient killing machines.
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I bought the book in 1974, it is now becoming a collectors item. It is really a good reference. Most libraries can dig one up through the interchange program, if you ask.
I have the utmost respect for the USMC, but they really are not the only folks who can use a rifle. BTW, these are all iron sight targets, no 12X optics back then.
In Kalifornicate - the last time I bought a black powder firearm - I paid cash and walked out of the store with the weapon on the same day of purchase.
No registration...
No waiting period...
No background check...
WHY?
Blackpowder arms must be considered "non lethal"..
That would come as a shock to a whole lot of dead folks.
Semper Fi