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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wellis" data-source="post: 8296284" data-attributes="member: 7031004">It's telling, in my mind, of the effectiveness of even early firearms over bows that the Native Americans were enthusiastic adopters of the musket or rifle, whenever they could get their hands on them.And of course, the Japanese were incredibly enthusiastic as well.In addition, the idea that muskets are super inaccurate is due to pop-culture and the fact European militaries trained primarily for volley fire, not aimed fire with muskets.When the Japanese were invading Korea in the late 1500s, IIRC there are quite a few accounts of Japanese being able to have effective ranges up to like 200 meters (660 feet) due to the fact they actually did train for some accuracy.It's also interesting how good many of their early aiming sights were for the time.Anyways, one advantage guns have over bows is the shock of bullet having slammed into you. I've hewrd that the sheer impact had a sort of psychological impact on those being shot at. About early guns I mean.</blockquote>