Modern War Studies The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat, (Paperback)

from DinadansFriend

Hess has done his research. It seems to him that the increased lethality of the rifled muskets in the Civil War could come from two factors: 1) the use of the Percussion cap as a means of ignition, 2) the rifling of the barrels providing the more accurate shooting necessary. After an examination ...

from charbonn

The "myth" in the subtitle of this book is that the rifle musket, which had a theoretical range vastly in excess of the smoothbores it replaced, actually resulted in infantry firing and hitting at that range. The reality was that it didn't. Ranges at which units opened fire increased by perhaps 5...

from charbonn

The "myth" in the subtitle of this book is that the rifle musket, which had a theoretical range vastly in excess of the smoothbores it replaced, actually resulted in infantry firing and hitting at that range. The reality was that it didn't. Ranges at which units opened fire increased by perhaps 5...