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What weapons did Hernando De Soto use?

The musket, i'll use a gun you use a bow, who wins ? The answer above is a common misconception, whilst a musket or harquebus as the SpanIsh had then is great in a one on one situation, they are very slow to reload and useless when you are outnumbered as the conquistadors were. The Horse and Steel were Cortes best weapons.


Why was a sword used during the Revolutionary War?

heres a scenario that will answer your question, but keep in mind the weapons of the time were single shot and then it took alot of time to reload...Your in the wilderness about to take out a single soldier who is patrolling the area so you take aim and fire but you miss with your rifle and the guard spots you and fires at you but also misses so instead you have two choices, take two minutes of your time to reload taking the chance that he might have a pistol in which he could run up and blow your brains out or you could charge at him with your sword,giving him no time to reload or even reach for his pistol and then you drive the end of the sword straight through his abdomenget it?


What were the military benefits of the 1811 Hall rifle?

In 1811, the Hall rifle was a different type of weapon then most any of its kind. It was viewed as one step ahead of the normal musket of the time. The Hall was a single shot breech loading rifle that fired a round ball. As a breech loading weapon, it of course made ramming down a muzzle obsolete. The Hall could thus be fired three times as fast as a normal musket of the time.


How long does it take a catapult to reload?

Like 5 minutes.


How accurate were the weapons of the American Revolution?

The principle small arm weapon of the British side was the Land Pattern Musket, better known by the nickname "Brown Bess". It was a muzzle loading smoothbore musket of .75 caliber. It had a quoted maximum effective range of about 175 yards although it was only truly effective out to about 75 to 100 yards. In well trained hands it could fire about 3-4 rounds per minute. The Patriots used a variety of weapons including the Brown Bess, the French Charleville musket, and various hunting rifles. The Charleville musket had similar performance to the Brown Bess but fired a slightly smaller .69 caliber bullet. Many militia and irregular Patriot units were outfitted with civilian hunting rifles. Rifles had a longer range than the muskets, out to about 300 + yards, but took about two to three times longer to reload. The main drawback to the rifle however is that a bayonet could not be attached to it. In a day when even the best firearm could only get off about 4 shots in a minute, a bayonet was a primary weapon.

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How long does it take to reload a musket?

An experienced firer could typically get off three rounds in a minute's time for the smoothbore muskets (such as the Brown Bess), but only one round a minute in rifles (such as the Kentucky Rifle).


List comparable weapons to the musket and rifle to the weapons of today?

Musket: only had one shot before you had to reload again very slow reload (about 30 seconds) wooden had no bullet casing Assault Rifle: has a magazine capacity of usually 30 before you have to reload fast reload because it uses a magazine made of many different materials has bullet casing


Why was it better to have a rifle than a musket on a war?

The rifle was accurate to a much greater range- but it also took a lot longer to reload.


Who would win 50 knights or 50 musketeers?

Musket pellets wouldn't penetrate armour, and take ages to reload, so probably knights!


What is a flintlock?

A flintlock musket is a firearm thatn was created in the 1500's that was used to poke deep holes and took over 30 seconds to reload for a normal soldier. It was created to make cannons portable. Althoiugh they were not accurate and they ewxploded alot more then fireing musket balls


What type of weapon were bayonets?

Bayonets are knives with a special clasp to attach the knife at the tip of a rifle or musket. They were originally developed for close fighting when it took a few moments to reload a musket or single-shot rifle. Fire one round, then start stabbing the enemy. Much better than using the rifle as a club.


How fast can a civil war musket load and fire?

Muskets were known not to be reliable. It is said that it is rare for a musket to hit the exact area it was aiming at, but rather hit a different enemy near by the one that the musketeer was aiming at.


Did they use the bayonet and the brown Bess musket in World War 2?

Brown Bess, definitely no! That's a weapon of the 1700's. It took too long to reload. American Military did not have bayonets attached to their weapons but the Japanese did.


How do you reload in the pea shooting contest on poptropica?

at the top where it shows your ammo is it says reload hit that and it will reload


How do you reload on the Wild West gun shooting game?

there is a button at the top of the screen that says reload click it to reload


When was ReLoad created?

ReLoad was created on 1997-11-18.


When did Rapid Reload happen?

Rapid Reload happened in 1995.