Brown Bess Musket: Three shots in 46 seconds
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Uploaded by blacktriangle on Aug 6, 2007
This musket, and variants, were used by the British Army from the early 1700s until the 1800s. Please note, the cartridge would have contained the musket ball. It was not put in separately.
To load and fire the flintlock musket the soldier had to carry out a set sequence of movements. First, he bit one end off a paper cartridge containing powder and musket-ball. He dribbled a small amount of powder into the priming pan, and clicked the steel (a metal plate which the flint would strike) back to cover it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/wars_conflict/weapons/musket_to_breech_04....
Here seen in action in Elizabeth Castle in Jersey, where it was used to crush a French invasion force by Scottish Infantry.
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It's too bad guns aren't still like this.
Imagine a stand off between two gangstas who both missed their first shot at each other and then immediately start fumbling around reloading their guns while talking mad trash about each others mommas.
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Sharpe would be proud.
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hahahahah i shot 3 shots from a musket in 20 seconds
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@NatureManGuy ignorance just goes to show you how stupid you can sound on a daily basis...
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legal in UK?
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@TalonMercenary so that's why americans handed their ass to them on a wooden plate then right?
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@Brewskies4u Redcoats were the finest soldiers in the world. Stop with the jealousy
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This is quit impressive for an 18-19th century firearm. It would normally take forever to load and fire those muskets and you had to be pretty much at point blank range of your target in order to hit it. Three shots in 46 seconds is very fast for this type of gun.
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@K31TH3R haHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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wow, if he dispensed with the ramrod, which would often happen in the heat of battle, instead just thumping the musket on the ground to seat the ball, this guy could prolly fire 5 or six rounds a min. Amazing!
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just powder popping out of the rifle....
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why no ball??
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