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Brown Bess Musket: Three shots in 46 seconds

This musket, and variants, were used by the British Army from the early 1700s until the 1800s. Here seen in action in Elizabeth Castle in Jersey, where it was used to crush a French invasion force...  
 
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acw31888 (4 hours ago) Show Hide
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mmm...no ball, just paper and powder, no way he could get a good (safe) seat on the ball that easily
devonkeim (5 hours ago) Show Hide
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1812? are you kidding? Us Canadians Held off all of the states for 3 years, we burnt down Washington D.C.

The treaty was to return to pre-war territory.

You guys started it, and gained nothing...
marco0533 (15 hours ago) Show Hide
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in a old western film whit Lee van cleef did the same you say
IBLOWN (19 hours ago) Show Hide
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I could beat him with an AR15 i reckon.
jacarandas98100 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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I say that that the Muskets where suiside
josh508 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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Why didn't he put the ball in his mouth when he tore the cartidge and then spit it after pouring the powder? I'm guessing it is faster the way he did it?
stanslie (2 days ago) Show Hide
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Do you always end a sentence with laughter?
blair91234 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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on a side note...grats to this guy...did he set a record?
blair91234 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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yea..lets not open OLD wounds....wise choice. Revolution ring a bell?
CMWBP76 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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hahaha thats funny since the "yanks" beat british ass twice in the revolution and the war of 1812! sorry imachristian100, but America kicks ass

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