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I don't suppose that it would make much difference to the anti-gun peace-niks,,
But if you get into a conversation about weapons of war,, you might want to mention that George Washington was found of the Brown Bess musket.
Bess is one of several smooth bore flintlock musket styles used by Civilians and the Army in the American Revolution.
Muskets at that time used round lead balls,, the caliber??
.62 to .75 inch bore, equivalent to the modern 16 & 12 Ga shotgun??? Which we still carry in combat.
Both military arms and civilian hunting weapons used large caliber round lead ball up through the American Civil War, circa 1865.
The reason, Black Powder is a slow burning propellant, so to do any damage you needed a large projectile.
Even during the Civil War, the prevalent weapons were .58 caliber Springfield musket and the .69 caliber Harpers Ferry Rifle..
It wasn't until smokeless powder was readily available in the late 1800, that the size of rifle projectiles became smaller..
and one other small note,,
In discussing the 2nd amendment,, Civilian weapons and Military weapons, in the context of the American Revolution war,, are exactly the same gun..
Just a bit of our history...
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