Re: (TFT) Gunfire again

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

> From: "Grabowski" <grabowskis@earthlink.net>
>
> Does over 20 years of firing blackpowder smoothbore weapons count(6lb.
> cannon to pistol).  I was the 18th century military specialist for the
> Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation that runs the Yorktown Victory Center and
> Jamestown Settlement.  I have written a whole bunch for this list on the
> blackpowder weapons subject. See the archives.  My times are correct.  The
> reason the 18th Century Pennsylvania long rifle was used less than
> smoothbore weapons of this period was speed but it had more to do with its
> ability not to hold an attached bayonet.  How far can you run in 45 
> seconds?
> Rifle could not be loaded on the run without the use of a massive amount of
> time in loading.
>
> Yours in Cidri,
> Justin


Justin,
    Let me make sure I have this right.  Are you telling me that there was 
a blackpowder weapon that could have a fixed bayonet, and still fire, before 
Wellington and Waterloo?  I thought that up till then gunpowder weapons 
could either fire, or have fixed bayonets.  I thought it was Wellington who 
introduced use of the side mounted bayonet.

    David Michael Grouchy II

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