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Gun Control & RKBA

yagotme

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5. And, to top it all off, those smoothbores were usually BIG.

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 06:19 PM

Jul 17

.69 or better. The rifle ball flattening was one reason wounds were so grievous in those days. Hitting a femur meant destroying it, leading to amputation, at best. Smoothbores were generally an 80 yard, at best, weapon. For aiming at a point target. Volley fire, a little longer. That's the "European" method, everybody line up at 100 yards or so, and shoot volleys at each other, and bayonet charge after a few volleys. The air would be pretty thick with smoke by then, making any aiming pointless.

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How Powerful are Black Powder Guns? [View all] struggle4progress Jul 13 OP

Interesting, I have a 44 cap and ball black powder revolver. Compared to my 9mm Ruger LCP doc03 Jul 13 #1

" I used to have 50 cal Hawkins" When I was a kid I had one also.. .After the third shot, it got so fouled mitch96 Jul 13 #2

I bought my Ruger Old Army 44 cal. in doc03 Jul 13 #3

It just amazed me how anybody with a smooth bore musket could hit anything unless up close... I remember mitch96 Jul 14 #4

And, to top it all off, those smoothbores were usually BIG. yagotme Jul 17 #5

Love shooting my pistols, HATE cleaning them, lol. nt yagotme Jul 17 #7

I used Pyrodex in my BP guns, a substitute, fouled less, but still fouled. yagotme Jul 17 #6

BP firearms have a completely different melm00se Jul 20 #8