Man in the Wilderness

[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

...on YouTube

Movie

 

[Wes/Tex]

Cool! I always scoffed at tap loading a musket in the wilds of where ever. Then saw youtube version done by the Canadian re-enactors as well as a spit-the-ball-into-a-Bess version. Basically they proved both could be done, though it was a .67" ball in a .75" bore. To prove the point they used a 6 foot high by 15 foot long "company" target...though that's closer to squad size. Point being that at 100 yards they got 17 out of 20 on target and 3 bounces off the ground and into the target's shins and ankles! Pretty interesting!

 

[palladius]

I've seen that vid and was impressed by it. They proved the musket was more accurate out to 100 yards than generally believed and could be shot faster.

They're part of the 95th Rifles though I think they're out of Australia, not Canada.

 

[Carl Fowler III]

This may all be true, but it certainly didn't work out to well at Kings Mountain...rifles over muskets any day of the week and twice on Sunday! :stir:

 

[Alden]

Practically speaking, and the historical record shows this till rifles were as fast to load and as reliable as smoothbores, that simply was not true.

 

[pargent]

It was the lay of the high ground the British were on , there is an old but very true saying in the military still used to-day and that is defend every thing and you defend nothing .