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The brown bess is a nickname for a musket back in the 1700s during the revalutionary war. The brown bess amunition was A .75 caliber ball it had a barrel and lockwork of iron.

Reloading Procedure:

 * Bite the cartridge.
 * Push the frizzen forward to open the pan and pour a small amount of powder into the flash pan.
 * Snap the frizzen back to position covering the flash pan.
 * 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
 * Remove ramrod from pipe under the barrel and use to push wadding and bullet down the barrel.
 * Replace the ramrod.
 * Raise musket to firing position with the butt against the shoulder.
 * Pull back the hammer.
 * Aim and fire.



Some battle tactis of the Brown Bess is that usualy a lot of peaple are lined up in a line and shoot at the same time because the brown bess is not accurate so if they all shoot at once they have a better chance at hitting the opponent. They also have a bayonnete on the end of the gun for close range so they dont need to shoot their gun in close range.



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