GDG- Artillery

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/6/2007 7:38:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Batrinque at aol.com writes:

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.  



Wow, that was fast.  Brent's answer: "I believe because it was a  tighter 
fit. The same applied to the 18th century rifle muskets. These took a  long time 
to reload, because the rifleman had to jam down the ball (as compared  to just 
plopping it in.)"
 
 
Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT



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