- Joined
- Oct 26, 2018
- Location
- Norway
The reasons why rifles where found with several loads, are quite simple.
The holes in the nipples can be fouled pretty quick. We who shoot black powder percussion weapons know this too well.
In the heat of battle, the soldier dont notice that only the cap have went off, then reload and again only the cap go off, and such again and again a few times, until he maybe notice the ramrod dont go so far down the barrel. Then he discards the rifle and maybe pick up another from a fallen soldier..
The recoil of a .58 loaded with 65 grains of powder is not especially high, so in a battle you can easily reject to notice that only the cap have gone off. This combined with extreme noise and smoke, its pretty easy to understand.
The holes in the nipples can be fouled pretty quick. We who shoot black powder percussion weapons know this too well.
In the heat of battle, the soldier dont notice that only the cap have went off, then reload and again only the cap go off, and such again and again a few times, until he maybe notice the ramrod dont go so far down the barrel. Then he discards the rifle and maybe pick up another from a fallen soldier..
The recoil of a .58 loaded with 65 grains of powder is not especially high, so in a battle you can easily reject to notice that only the cap have gone off. This combined with extreme noise and smoke, its pretty easy to understand.