GDG- Weapon Trajectory

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/20/2007 3:42:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
cameron2 at optonline.net writes:

The  comparison would have to be to a round ball of like diameter, i.e., .58, 
not  to a .69 musket ball.  


No, the comparison of the .69 round musket ball to the .58 Minie bullet is  
appropriate because those were the rounds in common use.  Although there  were 
indeed some .69 caliber rifle-muskets, they were not the standard issue.  

Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT




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