Sharpshooters: Marksmen Through The Ages by Gary Yee

Author:Gary Yee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2017-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

Military firearms are designed to withstand field use. In contrast, target rifles require special attentiveness by the user to ensure their reliability. Being of a nonmilitary caliber, they likely had set triggers and special sights, if not target telescopes (as scopes were called in the 19th century), their own bullet mould with which the user would “run” or cast their bullets. They could also have patch cutters, bullet swagers to size the bullet, false muzzles to load the gun without damage to the muzzle, bullet starters to start the bullet down the muzzle and a special carrying case to house the target rifle and its accoutrements when not in use. They could also weigh substantially more than a standard soldier’s rifle musket varying from 12 pounds to over 50 lb. The heavier rifles required wagon transport and if the wagon broke (one belonging to the 1st Andrew’s Sharpshooters did), the sharpshooter was essentially unarmed. Unable to take a bayonet, they were ill suited for close-range fighting.

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