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pyraker In reply to cullyferg2010 [2019-12-11 14:06:10 +0000 UTC]

yes you're right on it thanks for comment

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cullyferg2010 In reply to pyraker [2019-12-11 14:31:59 +0000 UTC]

Quite welcome.  When the U.S. Marine Corps was first formed in 1775, their initial order for shipboard fighting was to use buckshot instead of round ball.  Trying to hit a moving target while you're moving as well led to the decision.

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pyraker In reply to cullyferg2010 [2019-12-12 02:01:20 +0000 UTC]

very interesting i love us NAVY HISTORY LOT OF BOOKS ON IT

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cullyferg2010 In reply to pyraker [2019-12-12 03:08:08 +0000 UTC]

I came across a piece on the American History Channel on satellite about the early days of the Marine Corps., and they demonstrated this feature with an old Brown Bess musket and some plywood cut-outs of some troops standing 70 yards away.  And you could see the scatter pattern across them.

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pyraker In reply to Greentulf [2019-11-14 01:15:16 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much

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