Muzzleldrs Learning how to shoot Civil War muskets

Awesome!

At my club, we try to get folks to come out to skirmish events and see the varieties of civil war-era arms. We do get some first time folks every now and again to see what the traditional muzzle-loading experience is like.

In living history for Texas Revolution events, there are cases where we do firing with blanks to demonstrate how it was done... And I also have given demonstrations to any number of youngsters. In cities one can't have kids handling the guns and whatnot, but I sometimes show youngsters how to roll paper cartridges, and then encourage them to try their hand at making a dummy cartridge filled with bird seed, so they can later go feed the birds with the contents.

I've also made up paper cartridges for use in familiarization/ live fire with impressionists/"living historians"/ and reenactors. The Enfield type cartridges are a hit! Lots of interest in the different types.
 
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