GDG- Artillery

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/6/2007 4:47:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ronchaplin at gmail.com writes:

According to Brent Nosworthy, in his excellent "The Bloody Crucible  of
Courage," it takes longer to load rifled artillery than it does  smoothbore
artillery.
Why?



I would hazard a guess that a round in a rifled barrel fits somewhat more  
snuggly than one in a smoothbore and so is a bit harder to push in.  I will  
drop Brent a note and ask.  

Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT




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