Milsurp After Hours

It's an original Charleville 1777. Named after the armory in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes, France. It became the basis for the pattern of the Springfield Musket of 1795. They are 60 1/2 inches, with a 45 inch barrel, It fires a .69-caliber ball and has a fire ratio of approximately 2-3 shots per minute with a maximum range of about 200 meters, although only fairly accurate for up to 50 meters.

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Duncan,

Why was there more powder in the pan than in the barrel? At least, that's what it looks like...

This was taken on a very cold December day. The rounds were hitting a target 50 mtrs down range so the charge was OK. You can only get so much powder in the pan!!

Nice photo Duncan.

Be sure to give us the results of the comp.

BTW if you just did the picture for a photo comp, how is it that you took the photo in December ? It only just being November and all.

.......The competition theme is 'BANG' and so I took the photo from my file of shooting pictures and cropped it, tweeked the colour / exposure then got rid of some steel fencing and tape in the background.

Nice "shot." You have a period uniform to go with it?

It's not my rifle - it is the President of the Club who is shooting it. Taken on the day that we ( except me! ) celibrated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz. I said I would wait for 2015 and I would calibrate Waterloo. I did mention a few dates from the Peninsula War but they declined the offer Think I forgot Trafalgar