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Given the poverty of the countryside, the government had to use what was available. Many of their regulars had to use flintlock smoothbores, converted into percussion rifles. How effective would an American .69 smoothbore converted into a minie rifle be? That should be a good point of reference...

During the French Invasion of Mexico, 1861-67, the Mexican regulars were the only ones fortunate enough to be armed with minie rifles. However a large number (probably a good half) were using flintlock muskets, probably Brown Bess India pattern and natively manufacture copies for the most part...

Thanks. I did know that Mexico began purchases large numbers of India Pattern muskets ( THe pattern adopted during the Napoleonic wars and developed by the east india company) but Escopetas WERE extremely popular and the most commonly used weapon for cavalry. It seems you guys are right. THe...

Are you sure? Could you provide references? Articles and books I've read about the Mexican American war describe the Escopeta in most cases as a shot gun. EDIT: Here check this link: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qve01

No no no...i'm not in anyway criticizing the miquelet lock. Its a great lock which makes it so you can use different sizes of flint. What i am asking is, in a combat situation, how would an escopeta be used? Was it used as a carbine as well as a shotgun? What would the spread/ range of buck or...

Hi everyone. I want to know how exactly an Escopeta, which is i think equivalent to a blunderbus (but i'm not certain) works. You can cram "anything you want" in one according to a few books I've read. Can you use it as a normal muzzle loading carbine as well as a shotgun? THis is my point of...