Jumpshot said:Crossfire said:Benjamin Martin shoots a British soldier who is on a moving horse using a flintlock pistol at a range of approximately 100 yards.
What scene was that in? I don't remember Martin doing that. I do remember Tavington doing it, though.
Crossfire said:Found the following quote on IMDB.com about the movie - The Patriot.
"Factual errors: Benjamin Martin shoots a British soldier who is on a moving horse using a flintlock pistol at a range of approximately 100 yards. A ball from a black powder pistol would not even reach that sort of distance and hitting a moving target at that distance would be difficult even with a modern pistol. The effective range of a blackpowder pistol is about 20 feet as the barrel is too short to allow all the powder to burn before the ball leaves the barrel (too low a muzzle velocity to achieve any sort of range"
While the shot in the movie is pretty unlikely, and judging from the pistol shooting at the last rhondy I wend to; black powder pistol shooting is somewhat more difficult than modern shooting. My question is, the quote that effective range for a BP pistol is 20 feet seems a bit low too me. What do you think the effective range for a bp pistol is?
Richard Eames said:At Adobe Walls one of the longest shots on a person was at 1538 yards, "Mike Venturino and some friends tried the long range (1538 yards) Dixon shot. They found it was quite possible; it just amounts to getting the elevation right with the old Sharps". Wonder what the person sitting on his horse thought when he fell and never heard the rifle?
One of the most scarey quotes in Texas is "watch this, hold my beer". It has killed and injuried more people than any other.
Knowing some of the pistol shooters that I do, I would not stand 100 yards down range of them, just to see if they could do it.
Nah, not even on a windy day.
RDE
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