Under the Redcoat Firing Competition

Under the Redcoat firing competition, Colonial Williamsburg, June 27, 2009.

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Education

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• Firing Competition
• Colonial Williamsburg
• Under the Redcoat
• 2009

[Tsagia]

Just give me a Redcoat uniform and a Brown Bess for Christmas this year please.

[berettatoys]

Santa I want a British redcoat army with 1,000 Brown Bess rifles.

[TunnelRatoscarmike]

@MarsFKA you don't use ram rods during reenactments, only for cleaning and there is no need

[Silverfox0984]

@MarsFKA No need, no bullets to ram.

[MarsFKA]

I must have missed something - I didn't see any of them using their ram rods.

[WinstonChurchill]

It would be better if they fired in unison.

[Arbiter6]

@solinvictus39 i think it's to represent the fever of battle where nothing would be in sync. If they wanted to make a perfect drill they easily could have.

[PowerMacG14]

I wish I could join one of those battles :c

[solinvictus39]

These guys need a lot more drill... the movements should be crisp and in sync.

[lucabadue]

real life they say Make ready an then present and then fire the present part can be anything exept aim this time they just point the guns because of the accuracy.... and just on the US civil war time the AIM comes fron the dark

[bazilmynazzle]

This is so nice. By watching the video they seem fairly well disciplined. They definitely make mainstream reenactors look like crap.

[24michiganironbrigad]

@Hikarilover123 In The British army, they said make ready, PRESENT, fire.

When the American army came about during the revolution, they used french and Prussian manuals, so Present changed to aim for the US Army. That is also why we pronounce the rank LT like LEW-TENANT, when in correct English and in the British and Commonwealth armies they pronounce it LEFT-TENANT.