Re: (TFT) TFT Industrial Revolution

["Dan Tulloh" <dwtulloh61@cox.net>]

Neil writes ...

> And is it not true that the original purpose of the NRA was to promote 
> marksmanship because of the poor accuracy of Civil War troops? If it 
> were so easy to be excellent with a firearm, you wouldn't expect to see 
> the problems that have been found with discarded Civil War era firearms 
> -- guns shot with the ramrods still in the barrels, double and triple 
> loads, etc. 

I believe this phenomena has been attributed more to the adverse reaction
of some men under fire than to their ability with the weapon.   And also
being in a group of men under fire - I doubt you'd find the same occurence
of double and triple loads in a one-on-one or few-on-few situation.

Dan
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