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Re: Battlefield Weapon Popularity Trend
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| Mirco Wahab 2006-09-27, 7:01 pm |
| Thus spoke Chris Mattern (on 2006-09-27 19:09):
> In article <efd9g0$sn5$1@mlucom4.urz.uni-halle.de>, Mirco Wahab wrote:
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> "early Shotguns" :D. Your mastery of the history of
> firearms overwhelms me.
You want a fight? With a muzzle-loaded gun?
Three shots for everybody -- 5 minutes time?
BTW: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket)
The date of the origin of muskets remains
unknown, but they are mentioned as early as
the late 15th century, and they were primarily
designed for use by infantry. Muskets became
obsolete by the middle of the 19th century,
as rifles superseded them.
Regards
Mirco
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| Chris Mattern 2006-09-28, 6:59 pm |
| In article <efeko0$bqg$1@mlucom4.urz.uni-halle.de>, Mirco Wahab wrote:
>Thus spoke Chris Mattern (on 2006-09-27 19:09):
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>You want a fight? With a muzzle-loaded gun?
>Three shots for everybody -- 5 minutes time?
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>BTW: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket)
> The date of the origin of muskets remains
> unknown, but they are mentioned as early as
> the late 15th century, and they were primarily
> designed for use by infantry. Muskets became
> obsolete by the middle of the 19th century,
> as rifles superseded them.
>
Muskets are not shotguns.
--
Christopher Mattern
"Which one you figure tracked us?"
"The ugly one, sir."
"...Could you be more specific?"
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