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I compare meticulously accurate re-creations of the most common historic U.S. and British/Confederate cartridges, which saw extensive use throughout the American Civil War. The results were exactly as expected, and velocities matched published historic sources. Measuring velocity could be accurately done, even in the 19th century, using highly accurate electro-ballistic pendulums (they were more precise than most of the inexpensive chronographs available today!).
For a much fuller and more detailed discussion of the rifle-musket, the importance of the dangerous space, and the paradigm shift in tactical thought that the rifle-musket started, the book “The Destroying Angel” may interest you: www.amazon.com...
And for more than you ever wanted to know about the Enfield cartridge (with a history of the development of rifle-musket ammunition in general), see “The English Cartridge” here: www.amazon.com...
This is old video from November 2020: I am still deployed and any background noises in the audio are from my inconsiderate neighbors in the barracks.
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