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BEN DA HEN: =A Brief Description on the Brown Bess=
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The Brown was the standard all purpose muzzle loader of the 1700's. This firearm could be used for a variety of tasks such as hunting, protection, and battle. This weapon was capable of firing about 3 to 4 shots a minute based on the handler's experience. Another thing the Brown Bess was short on was accuracy. It was only accurate up to about sixty yards, and and even then the weapon could barely hit anything. The Brown Bess wasn't an ideal weapon, but it's all we had at the time.

=**Loading the Gun**=

1-Put hammer at half cock(safety) 2-Pour black powder into gun pan from powder horn 3-Pour black powder into barrel from packet 4-Put the rest of packet(paper and ball) into barrel of gun 5-Ram it all home with ram rod 6-Pull hammer all the way back 7-Fire weapon 8-Clean barrel out with patch attached to ram rod 9-Repeat steps


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PAT SAT:Ammo, explains type of powder, ignition, ball, shot, anything that fits in barrel, bayonette A musket ball is the main ammo used for the brown bess. It weighed 545 grains. You would wrap a peice of cloth around the musket ball so it would fite better and when u fire it would be more accurate. Another ammuntion you could use was shot. shot is a little bigger than be bes. It was put rite into the barrel. Once you fired the shot would go everywhere. The shot could kill a person if all the be bes hit.

ROBERT HACK'S U: Battle Tactics, research tactics and how battles were won They were lined up in a line. the line increased the chance that they were going to hit a target. Fired in areas rather than at a singal target. at 3 volleys per minute, each person could fire about 9 per minute. the general tactic was to try to blast the opponent off the battle field with concentrated fire. Fire volleys, then rush bayonnette.Bunkering was immensly effective.At the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Rebels had entered a bunker at Breeds Hill and had fended off an immense British Attack, twice, but upon the third attack the rebels ran out of ammo. the fortified position allowed the Rebels to kil over 800 British, a third of the army.

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