Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon

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Subject	Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon
Date	2016-04-16 18:00 +0000
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Mikkel Haaheim <mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com> wrote:
> Black powder rifles are not muskets. Muskets do not have rifling.
> Muskets fire lead pellets that are prone to course deflection.

The difference beween a musket and a rifle is that a rfile is rifled.

Muskets and rifles of the era fired the same types of projectiles,
i.e. round balls, not pellets (shotguns fire pellets), and conical 
bullets.

People used rifles for hunting because they were more accurate.

People also used shotguns for hunting small game and birds.

The militaries used muskets because rifles fouled easily during
rapid fire and you can not hit PAUSE in a real battle to clean a
rifle. The militaries only used rifles for snipping. The militaries
generally did not use shotguns.

Most coloninists were civilians and had civilian firearms, i.e. rifles
and shotguns. That is not to say they did not have any muskets, but
rifles were prefered.

-- 
Jim Pennino

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Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Mikkel Haaheim <mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com> - 2016-04-12 23:50 -0700
  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-13 17:43 +0000
    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Mikkel Haaheim <mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com> - 2016-04-15 01:44 -0700
      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-15 21:19 +0000
        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Mikkel Haaheim <mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com> - 2016-04-16 02:02 -0700
          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-16 16:38 +0000
            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Mikkel Haaheim <mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com> - 2016-04-16 10:29 -0700
              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-16 18:00 +0000
            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Mikkel Haaheim <mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com> - 2016-04-16 10:38 -0700
              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-16 18:12 +0000

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