Timeline for Did it take 3 minutes to reload a musket when the second amendment to the US constitution was ratified?
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| S Oct 10, 2019 at 10:35 | history | suggested | bobsburner | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 10, 2019 at 7:03 | comment | added | vsz | About the hunter with a rifled musket: yes, it was slower than a smoothbore, and it occasionally jammed, but it was still less than 3 shots per minute. A smoothbore could be reloaded in 15-20 seconds, a rifled one maybe in 40-50 seconds, but still far from 3 minutes. But that's not even the point. Someone trying to commit a mass shooting at a market with a musket would use a smoothbore instead of a rifle anyway. Or more likely, he would use a large number of pistols and blunderbusses (then use a saber or hatchet after they are all empty) to kill as many people as possible. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 5:30 | history | answered | o.m. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |