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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