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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 8301429" data-attributes="member: 87792"><p>Just to pitch in with some actual numbers Wikipedia cites numbers and sources on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bess" target="_blank">Brown Bess</a>:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>There is no doubt that the Brown Bess's bullet was lethal at its full range of effective fire. In the mid-18th century, Robertson measured the speed of musket bullets on a ballistic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum" target="_blank">pendulum</a>. According to him, the speed of a round musket bullet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(unit)" target="_blank">slug</a> was about 1804 feet per second (550 m/s). That is, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzle_(firearms)" target="_blank">muzzle</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy" target="_blank">energy</a> of the musket was about 3,500 to 4,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joules" target="_blank">joules</a>, which is comparable to the energy of modern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle_cartridge" target="_blank">rifle cartridges</a>. Modern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistics" target="_blank">ballistic</a> tests have confirmed these data.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bess#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[13]</a> According to the Russian Lieutenant-General Ivan G. Gogel, all the muskets of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Europe" target="_blank">European nations</a>, were able to penetrate a wooden <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield" target="_blank">shield</a> with a thickness of 1 inch (2.54 cm), at a distance of 300 yards.</em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bess#cite_note-14" target="_blank"><em>[14]</em></a></p><p></p><p>Stepping back for why these numbers are important the Land Pattern Musket, nicknamed the Brown Bess, was the 0.75 inch calibre musket that was the main infantry weapon of the British Empire from 1722 to 1838. That said the Brown Bess saw service from 1722, the first flintlocks from somewhere between 1610 and 1630 depending on the definition - and the Renaissance is normally considered to be 15th and 16th century, so ended before the flintlock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 8301429, member: 87792"] Just to pitch in with some actual numbers Wikipedia cites numbers and sources on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bess']Brown Bess[/URL]: [INDENT][I]There is no doubt that the Brown Bess's bullet was lethal at its full range of effective fire. In the mid-18th century, Robertson measured the speed of musket bullets on a ballistic [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum']pendulum[/URL]. According to him, the speed of a round musket bullet [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(unit)']slug[/URL] was about 1804 feet per second (550 m/s). That is, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzle_(firearms)']muzzle[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy']energy[/URL] of the musket was about 3,500 to 4,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joules']joules[/URL], which is comparable to the energy of modern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle_cartridge']rifle cartridges[/URL]. Modern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistics']ballistic[/URL] tests have confirmed these data.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bess#cite_note-13'][13][/URL] According to the Russian Lieutenant-General Ivan G. Gogel, all the muskets of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Europe']European nations[/URL], were able to penetrate a wooden [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield']shield[/URL] with a thickness of 1 inch (2.54 cm), at a distance of 300 yards.[/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bess#cite_note-14'][I][14][/I][/URL][/INDENT] Stepping back for why these numbers are important the Land Pattern Musket, nicknamed the Brown Bess, was the 0.75 inch calibre musket that was the main infantry weapon of the British Empire from 1722 to 1838. That said the Brown Bess saw service from 1722, the first flintlocks from somewhere between 1610 and 1630 depending on the definition - and the Renaissance is normally considered to be 15th and 16th century, so ended before the flintlock. [/QUOTE]
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