Rifled musket

And many were thought to have worn red uniforms, but they could have easily been clothed in civilian garments. The Revolutionaries mostly wore clothes that they would wear when they go hunting. Most of these soldiers were well armed with small bore rifled muskets made by german gunsmiths in Pennsylvania. The Revolutionaries’ hunting rifles were much more accurate than the smooth bore muskets that the Tories fought with, americancivilwarforum.com adds. A hunting rifle was so accurate that is could hit a target from 300 to 400 yards away, but most trained soldiers could hit a target at a max of 200 to 250 yards. Despite of accuracy, the rifled musket could not reload as fast as a musket. A trained soldier with a smoothbore musket could reload twice or three times as fast as a soldier with a rifled musket. The accuracy of the Revolutionaries’ weapons gave them a huge advantage against the loyalists in battle.These men with rifled muskets became known as “Over the Mountain Men.” With accurate weapons, good tactics and perfect timing, the Revolutionaries had a huge advantage over the…

Red Polo Shirt no longer wanted my agreement. He wanted my understanding. As he spoke, I tried to avoid his gaze. I tried to zone him out. To focus on the weight of the musket in my hand and heat of the bright sun rays on my face. “I am not a racist,” he said again. And again. And again. There was a long bayonet at the end of my musket, a triangular fifteen inches of sharpened steel. My right arm grew sorer by the minute as I looked him in the eye. Silent as the grave. Unnerved by my silence,…

Throughout the war smoothbore muskets were the armament of the troops of the line. The rifle and the musket were quite different. At 100 yards the best musketeers could hit a man only about four shots out of every ten. In contrast, expert riflemen, could kill a man every shot at 100 yards, and do good execution at twice that range. The chief limitations on the use of riflemen were the scarcity of expert shots and the fact that the rifle was not made to carry a bayonet. Even with their…

1. Horses and guns gave warfare more advancement. Horses enable the Shoshonis to travel to trade places faster than before. The Shoshonis also fights while riding on the horses. Guns target the enemies if it is shot at close distance. The Shoshonis and Blackfeet fight differently than before. Before the use of horses and guns, they used spears and running to attack their enemies. Now it is all about using horses and firearms to attack the opponents. 2. The tribe that have more guns and…

It was cold and ordinary evening on March 5, 1770, when I was walking down King street with my friend Henry. As were walking past the Custom House a young wig maker's apprentice walked up to a British soldier and insulted him because he had not payed for a wig. Another British soldier had walked out and scolded the young boy for disrespecting a British soldier. The boy exchanged insults with the soldier so he pulled out his musket and struck the boy on the side of the head. A stream of chills…

Many different weapons were used in the Revolutionary War. Each side of the war preferred different tactics. With different tactics came different weapons, and each weapon had its positives and negatives. Wars usually require weapons, soldiers, and tactics; with war comes threats and reasons for fighting. Some of the weapons used in the war were flintlock muskets, rifles, bayonets, hanger swords, and hunting swords(Linda Alchin). The primary gun of the Revolutionary War was the flintlock…

Rifles Rifles replaced muskets in battle. It has a longer range(about 1,000 yards) and it is more accurate than a musket. The Union and Confederacy both used rifles in battle. Some of the rifles they used were the Spencer carbine (a rifle that could fire multiple times before reloading) and the Smith carbine(not used as much after the invention of the Spencer carbine and the Shapes rifle). Reloading a rifle took a long time to reload. So in 1848, Claude Minié, a French army officer, invented…

Charleville flintlock Musket, the Brown Bess, the invention of the rifling, and the Kentucky Rifle. The first rifle that was used in the early war was the matchlock musket. The matchlock musket was used until 1775, but still used by…

used to make everything from appliances, tools and machines, to ships, buildings and infrastructure¨. The steel industry was boosted during the Industrial revolution and spread through Europe and eventually North America. Just this one invention is used in virtually everything. The disseminating of steel and other inventions were very significant to the Industrial revolution. In addition to inventions the Industrial revolution also changed a common concept like war. The Industrial revolution…

Waterloo and this collapsed his army, but at many Civil War battles both sides took 30 percent casualties leaving the battlefield to fight another day. These weapon systems ended the Napoleonic tactic of mass linear frontal assault supported by cavalry charges and canister-round salvoes. Weapon advancements ended the old ways of war to be replaced with modern tactics and technique using these advantages as force multipliers providing military leadership new means to accomplish their grisly…