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  1. M

    US 1860 FLINTLOCK MUSKET

    Thanks again KanawhaRanger. Have a good Christmas. Marty
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    US 1860 FLINTLOCK MUSKET

    Sorry -- 50-balls fired, 37 struck the target.
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    US 1860 FLINTLOCK MUSKET

    Nice post KanawhaRanger. Thanks for sharing this information. Regarding the 1860 smoothbore, I came across th following shot groups for tests conducted by the US Army in 1860. 50-balls fired at a 10'x10' screen at a range of 100-yards. I scanned this from "The Rifled Musket" by Claud...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    there's an article on pg 14 of interest... http://southerncampaign.org/newsletter/v3n5.pdf the author indicates muskets were "zeroed" in at 100-yards, and that the front site would be filed down as required to match aiming point to MPI. if the MPI of a smoothbore has a tendency to be high...
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    Conicals ina smoothy

    i'm a smoothie newbie -- that is if you don't count a 120mm main gun on an Abrams. rifling and spin stabilization are required to keep a conventional bullet -- conical with ogival nose if that's what you mean -- from tumbling while inflight. I suppose you could fire sabot rounds in which the...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    “Picard, in La Campagne de 1800 en Allemagne”, gives the mean error of the French fusil of that time, fired from a fixed rest at 150 metres, as 75cm in height and 60cm laterally.” I am unfamiliar with describing inherent shot dispersion in terms of “mean error”. Would this be the same as...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Looks like the same device as Wilkinson shows in his book.
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Henry Wilkinson details a form of "ancient" stadia sight in his work "Observations on Muskets, Rifles and Projectiles", 1852. He was doing a lot of work on rifled muskets. Anyway the stadia sight he developed sort of reminds me of a more modern day choke-sight that one might see used in a...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Thank Wes. I had poked around in: "Règlement Concernant Exercise Et Les Manoeuvres De Infanterie", Published in 1791. Sort of the French analogy to modern day FM 7-5. But was unable to find anything more in depth on aiming or pointing than what is laid out in Hardee and Baxter. Lots on...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Thanks again KanawhaRanger. Always a pleasure to read your posts. Very erudite on this subject. This is sort of what I am driving at, or driving toward. This particular example ”“ as is indicated on the figure is for the Charleville-1777 Infantry Fusil. This is of course all optimized at...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    This is the figure from Baxter's Field Manual.
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Thanks again KanawhaRanger. Good and useful material for me. I am trying to determine what sort of beaten zone or hitting space might be attributable to massed rifle fire or massed musket fire of this era ”“ thus my interests regarding muzzle velocities and how folks were trained to aim or...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Thanks Kirrmeister.
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Another question which I'd like to bounce off of the forum ”“ I suppose it is specific to how soldiers may have been drilled during the days of yore. I don’t know if I’m going beyond the intent of this forum with the following questions. I suppose this is delving into tactics, and how...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Thanks about the tip on P. O. Ackley's "Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders". Is the book focused mostly on blackpowder ballistics?
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Thanks Benventu. Can I run with the subject of misloading a bit more? Below is one of those quotes that always stick in the back of my mind. I’m sure a number of folks here have seen this thing in some form or another. I am not familiar with the original source of this information, so I...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Or they are bottles of rum for the fellows lunch. Measuring velocity is thirsty work. Thanks for detailing how the thing works. Best Regards marty
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Excellent. Thanks. So a current runs through the wire that feeds a chronograph -- wire breaks -- clock stops -- time and distance are knowns -- solve for velocity. Is that how it works? Any idea when the wire breaking method came into use?
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    They used to use what was called a ballistic pendulum to back out muzzle velocity, or down range velocity. You would know the amount of inertia associated with the pendulum as well as the weight of the ball. The bullets kinetic energy required to move the pendulum around its axis can be...
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    Muzzle Velocity?

    Excellent post KanawhaRanger. Thanks very much for taking the time to go through this material. Understood regarding your comments about the potential variations in muzzle velocities with respect to powder and ball variables. I was interested in figuring out some sort of average. I have an...
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