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Nerding out on 1775 Firepower

Talyn

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A complement to the previous 250 years ago post.

An article on the ballistics and history around the battles of Lexington and Concord, which are now 250 years in the rearview.


The North Bridge

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Of interest, we found that a .69 caliber spherical musket ball of 584 grains, pushed by 110 grains of modern 2F black powder out of the barrel of a Land Pattern musket, was still able to zip through 32 inches of 10 percent FBI ballistics gel and keep going through two water jugs into the berm!

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