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How To Fire a Brown Bess


 * Bite the cartridge(biting open a paper bag containing gunpowder in order to load contemporary rifles).
 * Push the frizzen forward to open the pan and pour a small amount of powder into the flash pan(An L shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear).
 * Snap the frizzen back to position covering the flash pan(where you put in the powder)
 * Hold the musket vertically so that the muzzle is up.
 * Pour the remaining powder down the barrel.
 * Insert the bullet in the barrel.
 * Push the cartridge paper into the barrel(using a ramrod).
 * Remove ramrod from pipe under the barrel and use to push wadding and bullet down the barrel.
 * Replace the ramrod(get another one)
 * Raise musket to firing position with the butt against the shoulder.
 * Pull back the hammer(to start a spark)
 * Aim and fire.